Rise and Evolution of Design Thinking Research for Business Innovation
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2024
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Hernández Ramírez, Jose Antonio
Sepúlveda Angarita, Magda Zarela
FONSECA VIGOYA, MARLEN DEL SOCORRO
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Common Ground Research Networks
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As organizations are increasingly demanding faster and more successful innovations in the
markets, design thinking (DT) has established itself as a generative approach or methodology for solving
complex problems and as a driver for the development of products and services that offer superior value
to users. To understand this phenomenon, this exhaustive review has been carried out through a
scientometric analysis of DT for innovation, examining annual scientific production, country-specific
contributions, journal publications, and collaboration networks between authors. The results allow us to
identify a growing interdisciplinary interest in the applicability of DT for business innovation. The United
States is the country that stands out in academic production, while Germany and Italy concentrate the most
important academic networks. Using the Tree of Science (ToS) metaphor, three subtopics were identified
as current trends in the field: DT for innovation activities within the business sector, applicability and
contributions of DT in other sectors, and DT as a learning and innovation methodology. This study provides
a framework for understanding the evolution and current state of design thinking and thus for projecting
future research and new applications of design thinking as an approach to innovation in increasingly diverse
fields.
