Documents de travail de l'OCDE sur la science, la technologie et l'industrie
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- ISSN : 18151965 (en ligne)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18151965
Measuring Design and its Role in Innovation
The paper also illustrates a number of findings arising from the first-time use of a set of experimental and optional questions on design implementing a “ladder-type” model of design which describes levels of sophistication and integration of the design function within the firm. Cognitive testing and analysis of the microdata from a large and representative sample of Danish firms shows a high degree of respondent acceptance of the experimental questions and supports their predictive validity vis-à-vis a number of hypotheses on the use of design and a series of innovation and economic outcomes potentially associated to it.