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Editorial
Walker, Derek H.T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 5-16
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline the philosophy of the journal and present a summary of its content and how the various papers link to the journal's philosophy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a limited literature review to establish the journal's philosophy and...
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Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management
Walker, Derek H.T.; Cicmil, Svetlana; Thomas, Janice; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 17-32
paper is to critically review and facilitate a reduced adaptation time for implementation of useful reflective academic …
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Project strategy: strategy types and their contents in innovation projects
Artto, Karlos; Martinsuo, Miia; Dietrich, Perttu; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 49-70
Purpose – Previous literature on project strategy has adopted the narrow view that a project is to be conducted under the governance of a single strong sponsor or parent organization. The purpose of this study is to provide a critical analysis on prior project management (PM) literature...
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Leading dynamically complex projects
Cavaleri, Steven; Reed, Fred - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 71-87
Purpose – The paper seeks to establish a critical role for leaders in guiding projects to higher levels of effectiveness. This role centers on using the thinking capacities associated with systems thinking, knowledge processing, action learning, and pragmatism. It is also to design systems to...
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Subcontractors' business relationships as risk sources in project networks
Artto, Karlos; Eloranta, Kirsi; Kujala, Jaakko - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 88-105
Purpose – This paper seeks to address the risks for a main contractor firm's project business that arise from subcontractors' inter‐organizational relationships in complex‐ and dynamic‐project networks. Design/methodology/approach – Existing project risk management research neglects...
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Project management: a case study of a successful ERP implementation
Carton, Fergal; Adam, Frederic; Sammon, David - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 106-124
to present a case study of a successful ERP implementation. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors use … implementation across other industries and organisational contexts; for example in less tightly regulated industries and smaller … a successful ERP project implementation, categorised using the PMBOK framework.  …
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Project relationship management and the Stakeholder Circle™
Bourne, Lynda; Walker, Derek H.T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 125-130
implementation phase of a project as the flow of major stakeholders and their influence changes during a project. Practical …
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Comprehensive framework for estimating the deployment cost of integrated business transformation projects
Hoon Kwak, Young; Watson, Rudy J.; Anbari, Frank T. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 131-139
study surmises, will lead to more effective project management, control, and implementation.  …
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The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies
Hodgson, Damian; Cicmil, Svetlana - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 1, pp. 142-152
Purpose – The purpose of this research note is to articulate the limitations that project management (PM) currently faces by outlining the PM literature's frequent neglect of political, social and ethical dimensions of PM work in order to raise a number of important themes that can be usefully...
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Collaborative academic/practitioner research in project management
Walker, Derek H.T.; Anbari, Frank T.; Bredillet, Christophe - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 1 (2008) 2, pp. 168-192
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a cost‐benefit interpretation of academic‐practitioner research by describing and analysing several recent relevant examples of academic‐practitioner research with a focus on doctoral theses carried out at universities and business...
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