Search for dissertations about: "creative thinking and innovation management"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words creative thinking and innovation management.

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   Author : Mats Sundgren; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; R D organization; organizational creativity; innovation; pharmaceutical industry; management practices;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with aspects of how to manage the precursor of innovation in organizations, namely, organizational creativity. Literature on innovation is prolific but is under-theorized in terms of organizational creativity, which is an emerging research area. At the same time, few empirical studies are grounded in an organizational context. READ MORE

4. 2. Making innovation everyone´s business : Using routines and controls

   Author : Susanne Nilsson; Sofia Ritzén; Antonio Davila; KTH; []
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   Abstract : Contemporary high-technology companies are under pressure to deliver short-term profits and to serve the market demands for future innovative solutions. An increased interest for alternative innovations such as new services or business models to be recognized in parallel to new technologies results in that companies are increasingly attempting to engage all their employees in innovation. READ MORE

5. 3. Creativity in Design for Additive Manufacturing

   Author : Angelica Lindwall; Anna Rönnbäck Öhrwall; Vinit Parida; Åsa Wikberg-Nilsson; Serena Graziosi; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; DfAM; Creativity in Design; AM; Produktinnovation; Product Innovation;

   Abstract : Additive Manufacturing (AM) brings opportunities to create designs with complex geometries that would be impossible or very difficult to produce using conventional manufacturing technologies. While AM is widely seen as a means to increase the creativity of designers and thus innovation within organisations, there is a lack of understanding of how designers can manage their creativity while working with Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). READ MORE

6. 4. A Design Process Based on Visualization

   Author : Anders Wikström; Mats Jackson; Sofia Ritzén; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Abstract : The global market of today is tough and the competition between companies demands new ways of developing products and services. The current challenge for the design research community is to provide designers with a wider range of methods and tools to support specific activities within the design process and to improve its overall coordination. READ MORE

7. 5. Overcoming inertia in medical education

   Author : Carl Savage; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Adaptive Reflection;

   Abstract : Introduction: Medical education continually demonstrates difficulties in keeping up with and preparing students for the evolving demands of patients, practice, and society. This is not due to a lack of effort: Change without reform runs rampant. Analyzing these efforts reveals a tendency to fragment and focus on planning and designing solutions, i. READ MORE