Design and the Creation of Value by Heskett, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Half-Title Dedication Title Contents Introduction to John Heskett’s Design and the Creation of Value

1 2 What, precisely, does the text offer? 3 What does the work achieve? 4 What are the limitations of the text? 5 The intellectual force of Heskett’s text

A note on John Heskett’s economics

1 On neoclassical economics 2 On growth theory 3 On Veblen, and the financial crisis of 2007–8 4 On the bankruptcy of General Motors (GM), and its bailout during the great recession Conclusions

Design as an economic necessity for governments and organizations

Designing in the Brazilian government

Notes on editing the manuscript Design and the Creation of Value Design and the Creation of Value

Preface

Gulf and bridge

1 Introduction: Design in economic life?

PART ONE ECONOMIC THEORY AND DESIGN

2 Neoclassical theory

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3 Austrian theory

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4 Institutional theory

New Institutional Theory Readings

5 New Growth theory

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6 The National System

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PART TWO DESIGN AND THE CREATION OF VALUE

7 Design from the standpoint of economics

1 Economic theory and design 2 How economics positions design 3 But does design exceed economics?

8 Economics from the standpoint of design

1 The problem of reliance on the quantitative 2 The question of users 3 The question of ‘value’

9 Design and value from the standpoint of practice

Afterword Appendix 1: Socialist Theory Appendix 2: Value and Values in Design

Producer value Economic value Users and material value Aesthetic value Moral value Sentimental value Intrinsic versus extrinsic value Value

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