Sebastian K. Fixson

Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division

231 Forest St.

Babson Park, MA 02457

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (9)

1.

Adopting Design Thinking in Novice Multidisciplinary Teams: The Application and Limits of Design Methods and Reflexive Practices

Journal of Product Innovation Management, Vol 30, Issue S1, December 2013, pages 19-33.
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 May 2012 Last Revised: 23 Oct 2013
Victor P. Seidel and Sebastian K. Fixson
Babson College and Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division
Downloads 615 (76,042)
Citation 9

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Design methods, product development teams, brainstorming

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What Exactly is Product Modularity? The Answer Depends on Who You Ask

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4631-06
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 17 Dec 2006
Sebastian K. Fixson
Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division
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Citation 8

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Product Modularity, Concept Ambiguity, Product Architecture, Interfaces, Multidisciplinary research, Review

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The Power of Integrality: Linkages between Product Architecture, Innovation, and Industry Structure

MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4642-07, Research Policy, Vol. 37, No. 8, 1296-1316
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 31 Mar 2007 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2013
Sebastian K. Fixson and Jin-Kyu Park
Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Citation 12

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Product Architecture, Integrality, Modularity, Technological Change, Intra-industry

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'Design-Thinking for Non-Designers: A Guide for Team Training and Implementation'

Accepted as Chapter 10 in "Design Thinking: New Product Development Essentials from the PDMA" K. Scott Swan, Michael Luchs, and Abbie Griffin (Eds.), New York: Wiley, 2015
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 May 2016
Victor P. Seidel and Sebastian K. Fixson
Babson College and Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division
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Design thinking, innovation, team training

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Modularity and Commonality Research: Past Developments and Future Opportunities

Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 85-111, 2007, MIT Sloan Research Paper No. 4629-06
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 20 Nov 2006
Sebastian K. Fixson
Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division
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Modularity, Commonality, Innovation, Multidisciplinary Research

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Teaching Innovation Through Interdisciplinary Courses and Programs in Product Design and Development: An Analysis at Sixteen U.S. Schools

Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship Research Paper No. 2009-13
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 14 Aug 2009
Sebastian K. Fixson
Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division
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Teaching innovation, Interdisciplinary, Experiential learning

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Back-Loading: A Potential Side Effect of Employing Digital Design Tools in New Product Development

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Dec 2010
Sebastian K. Fixson and Tucker J. Marion
Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division and College of Business Administration Northeastern University
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new product development, design, front-loading, computer-aided-design, CAD

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Evolution of an Innovation Capability - Making Crowdsourcing Work within a Large Enterprise

Research-Technology Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 22 Dec 2016
Dell Inc., Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division, Independent and Babson College
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Innovation culture, Crowdsourcing, Idea competitions

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Technological Uncertainty and Firm Boundaries: The Moderating Effect of Knowledge Modularity

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2016
Sebastian K. Fixson, Davit Khachatryan and Wonhee Lee
Babson College - Technology, Operations, and Information Management Division, Babson College - Mathematics and Science Division and Samsung Economic Research Institute
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Modularity, Technological uncertainty, Technology management, Firm boundary, Complex technological products, Industry emergence