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A shift from technical properties towards sensorial characteristics in product design education

22nd March 2018
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ABSTRACT The aim of this study is to evaluate a new pedagogic approach implemented in a compulsory materials course for product design students at bachelors level at ABC University. When […]

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Creating High-performing Innovation Teams

21st March 2018
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ABSTRACT This research suggests a conceptual process of how to create high-performing innovation teams to meet the market’s need of faster ways of conducting innovation work. The CIT-process (Creating high-performing […]

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Success story: from thesis project to series production

31st January 2018
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Anton Svensson, currently Senior Lead Engineer within Complete Vehicle Layout & Concepts at Scania CV AB, graduated from BTH’s mechanical engineering program in 2011. His thesis project, “Design of Modular Scania […]

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Innovativ och Hållbar Produktutveckling i mål

16th January 2018
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Tisdag 16 januari presenterade studenterna i årskurs 3 på maskinteknikprogrammen resultaten av sina produktutvecklingsprojekt genomförda i samverkan med olika industripartners. Eventet organiserades i form av en mässa där studenterna demonstrerade prototyper […]

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Introducing Sustainability in Value Models to Support Design Decision Making: A Systematic Review

16th January 2018
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ABSTRACT Manufacturing organizations shall recognize sustainability as a business occasion to capitalize on, rather than an undesirable pressing situation. Still, empirical evidence shows that this opportunity is hard to capture […]

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Industry 4.0, Nakajima Test, Elderly healthcare: Cross-disciplinary projects in the yearly Project Course for Exchange Students.

15th January 2018
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Two months to apply in “real life” what has been learned during the years of university education, starting from a plan to the delivery of a final solution. This was […]

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How Understanding of Agile Innovation Work Affects Innovation Teams

3rd January 2018
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ABSTRACT This research aims to explore how the understanding of agile innovation work methodologies affect innovation teams and the progress of innovation projects. In a long-term research, three innovation teams […]

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Innovation Enablers for Innovation Teams – A Review

3rd January 2018
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ABSTRACT This review consolidates research on innovation enablers for innovation teams, defined within this research as factors that enable a crossfunctional team within an organization to conduct innovation work, to […]

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Congrats Andreas Larsson, certified Innovation Leader!

6th December 2017
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Andreas Larsson has recently been certified as Innovation Leader within RISE. Here follows some words from him on the topic. You are now certified (ISO) Innovation Leader. Congratulations! What is […]

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The students’ perspective on the ME310 Global Kick Off

1st December 2017
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In mid-November the Swedish team from BTH traveled to Stanford for the global project kick-off. During this week the team created their first Critical Experience Prototype.

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