TY - BOOK AU - AU - ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Product Concept Design: A Review of the Conceptual Design of Products in Industry SN - 9781846281266 AV - Libro electrónico U1 - 620.0042 23 PY - 2006/// CY - London PB - Springer London KW - Engineering KW - Architectural design KW - Engineering design KW - Industrial engineering KW - Technology KW - Engineering Design KW - Industrial and Production Engineering KW - Industrial Design KW - Technology Management KW - Operations Research/Decision Theory N1 - to Concept Design -- The Concept Design Team -- Processes of Product Concepting -- User Information in Concepting -- Strategic Concepts in the Automotive Industry -- Concepts in Uncertain Business Environments -- Vision Concepts; ZDB-2-ENG N2 - Globalisation of the worlds economy is leading to rapid change and uncertainties in society, politics and markets. Product design strategies need to respond to these developments. Product Concept Design meets the needs and expectations of academia and practitioners working in design by focussing on the methods for creating products and design strategies in todays fast-changing business environment. Product Concept Design has been written by a collection of researchers and practising designers from leading companies such as Nokia and Volvo and provides a goldmine of ideas for designers and managers in industry, as well as lecturers in design and design engineering and their students UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-126-6 ER -