Collaborative prototyping: Cross-fertilization of knowledge in prototype-driven problem solving

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 744-764

  Bogers, Marcel ^a   Horst, Willem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CASE STUDY APPROACH; COLLABORATIVE PROTOTYPING; CONTINUOUS PROCESS; DESIGN CONSTRAINTS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL BOUNDARIES; PROTOTYPING PROCESS; USABILITY PROBLEMS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 84902332549     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpim.12121     Document Type: Article

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