Design-driven innovation : changing the rules of competition by radically innovating what things mean / Roberto Verganti.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-259) and index.

Design-driven innovation : an introduction -- Design and meanings : innovating by making sense of things -- Radical pushes : placing design-driven innovation in the strategy of a firm -- Technology epiphanies : the interplay between technology-push and design-driven innovation -- The value and the challenges : why companies do or do not invest in design-driven innovation -- The interpreters : doing research with the design discourse -- Listening : finding and attracting key interpreters -- Interpreting : developing your own vision -- Addressing : leveraging the seductive power of the interpreters -- The design-driven lab : how to start -- Businesspeople : the key role of top executives and their culture.