Search for dissertations about: "user innovation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 93 swedish dissertations containing the words user innovation.
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1. Spaces for innovation
Abstract : Workspace design, as an enabling factor in innovation, is an emerging topic for innovation and design research. However, little research has been done on users’ experience on workspaces for innovation in a manufacturing industrial context. READ MORE
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2. User-involved service innovation : Three participating perspectives on co-creation
Abstract : The involvement of customers and other stakeholders in the innovation process is proposed to be a key success factor and something that makes companies more competitive. As a consequence, more and more organizations alter their innovation strategy accordingly. READ MORE
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3. Digital Innovation : Orchestrating Network Activities
Abstract : Digitization of analogue everyday artifacts, i.e. when physical products are equipped with digital capabilities, has a profound impact on today’s society. Some examples of these digital innovations aimed at consumer markets are the “connected” car, the digitized television set, and in the near future, digitized IKEA furniture. READ MORE
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4. Geographies of the Japanese Cultural Economy : Innovation and Creative Consumption
Abstract : What is the role of the consumer in the contemporary cultural economy? Where are culturaleconomy innovations and competitiveness created? This thesis aims to provide tentativeanswers to these questions by focusing on some illustrative examples from the Japanesecultural economy. However, rather than primarily describing firm strategies or industrialdynamics, emphasis is put on the places and practices of users. READ MORE
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5. Smart Homes and User Values : Long-term evaluation of IT-services in Residential and Single Family Dwellings
Abstract : Do residents find value in smart home functions? How should these functions be designed to offer user benefit? These were the governing questions of this study that involved nearly 200 families in three different housing projects during five years of occupancy. The housing units were equipped with advanced smart homes solutions, electronic and digital devices to control them, and a set of functions to increase comfort, safety and security in the homes. READ MORE
