LibGuides: Research Methods & Design: Constructive Research

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SAGE Research Methods This link opens in a new window Content: Books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos on research methods and design. Purpose: Use to learn more about qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research. Special Features: Includes a methods map, project planner, and "which stats" test
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Advances in Engineering Materials, Product and Systems Design by Aleksandar Subic (Editor)
ISBN: 9783037855850
Publication Date: 2013
This book presents some recent research efforts that provide new insights into particular advances in engineering materials, product and systems design.
CAD and Rapid Prototyping for Product Design by Douglas Bryden
ISBN: 9781780673424
Publication Date: 2014
This book provides students with all the tools needed to get to grips with the range of both CAD software and RP processes used in the industry.
Design Integrations by Sharon Poggenpohl (Editor); Keiichi Sato (Editor)
ISBN: 9781841502403
Publication Date: 2009
The contributors urge new methods of approach that focus on interdisciplinary collaboration between the academic and business worlds.
Design Research Through Practice by Ilpo Koskinen; John Zimmerman; Thomas Binder; Johan Redstrom; Stephan Wensveen
ISBN: 9780123855022
Publication Date: 2011
Focuses on one type of contemporary design research known as constructive design research. The book shows how theory, research practice, and the social environment create commonalities between these approaches.
Designs, Methods and Practices for Research of Project Management by Beverly Pasian (Editor)
ISBN: 9781409448808
Publication Date: 2015
Original, authoritative guide provides both practitioner and student researchers with a complete guide to research practice on project management.
The Industrial Design Reference and Specification Book by Dan Cuffaro; Isaac Zaksenberg
ISBN: 9781610587891
Publication Date: 2013
An essential resource for any industrial or product designer.
Statistical Robust Design: And Industrial Perspective by Magnus Arner
ISBN: 9781118625033
Publication Date: 2014
With Design for Six Sigma training programs primarily in mind, the author of this book offers practical examples that will help to guide product engineers through every stage of experimental design.

Select Constructive Research Articles

Bang, A. L., Krogh, P., Ludvigsen, M., & Markussen, T. (2012). The Role of Hypothesis in Constructive Design Research. Proceedings of the Art of Research IV.

Brendel, A. B., Lembcke, T. B., & Kolbe, L. M. (2022). Towards an integrative view on design science research genres, strategies, and pivotal concepts in information systems research. ACM SIGMIS Database: the DATABASE for Advances in Information Systems, 53(4), 9-23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3571823.3571826

Piirainen, K. A., & Gonzalez, R. A. (2014). Constructive synergy in design science research: a comparative analysis of design science research and the constructive research approach. Liiketaloudellinen Aikakauskirja, 3(4), 206-234.