García Acosta, Gabriel (Date of defense: 2016-01-22)
This doctoral thesis develops a socio-technological product cycle model (s-tPC), which is then employed to approach product design and development (PDD) from a symmetrical - that is, socio-technological ...
Regino Maldonado, Patricia (Date of defense: 2016-01-21)
The environmental concerns related to deforestation, forest degradation and losses in biodiversity lead to a negative image of wood products. On the other, a wider utilization of wood products made from ...
Varela Kilian, Ana Paula (Date of defense: 2016-01-19)
The ability to innovate in any organization is directly related to a continuous flow of new ideas capable of responding to opportunities for new products. However, the successful development of innovative ...