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Legitimizing Academic Research in Design: Lessons from Research on New Product Development and Innovation
Author(s) -
Griffin Abbie
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of product innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.646
H-Index - 144
eISSN - 1540-5885
pISSN - 0737-6782
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00817.x
Subject(s) - product (mathematics) , new product development , quality (philosophy) , engineering ethics , domain (mathematical analysis) , product design , process (computing) , research design , association (psychology) , sociology , knowledge management , business , computer science , psychology , marketing , engineering , epistemology , social science , mathematical analysis , philosophy , geometry , mathematics , psychotherapist , operating system
This article traces how academic research in the domain of new product development and innovation has become “legitimized” over the last several decades and makes three suggestions for how academics in the research domain of design can pursue a similar legitimization process. Specifically, academics researching design issues should: (1) partner with a professional design association; (2) develop a high‐quality peer‐reviewed journal focusing on design issues; and (3) organize an A‐level association design special‐interest group.