Relational strategies to connect technology and design: Technology brokering and mediating

International Journal of Technology Intelligence and Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 10-25

  Dell'Era, Claudio ^a   Verganti, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Design driven innovation; Technology brokering; Technology mediating

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS; DESIGN-DRIVEN INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; RADICAL INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGNS; TECHNOLOGY BROKERING; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENTS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84875661206     PISSN: 17402832     EISSN: 17402840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTIP.2013.052618     Document Type: Article

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