Abstract
In this study, types of design in innovation studies and their features are clarified. It is expected that an understanding of them will lead to implication of contribution of design to innovation. To clarify types of design in innovation studies, Quantification Theory Type III and cluster analysis are applied to studies focusing on design in Journal of Product Innovation Management, a prestige journal in innovation studies. In the end, it turned out that there are four types of design in innovation studies. Furthermore, it is clarified that, from viewpoints of the origin of innovation, more attention should be paid to dynamic design engaged by a designer collaborating with users, one of the four types of design.
