A study of the use of concept selection methods from inside a company

Research in Engineering Design

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-27

  López Mesa, Belinda ^a,b   Bylund, Nicklas ^a,c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c VOLVO CAR CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption of methods; Concept selection; Design methods; Impact of design methods in industry

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION OF METHODS; CONCEPT SELECTION; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN METHODS; IMPACT OF DESIGN METHODS IN INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLVO CAR CORPORATIONS;

DESIGN; RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79551547018     PISSN: 09349839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00163-010-0093-2     Document Type: Article

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