The effort in advanced information system that many organizations have achieved to improve performance under foreseeable situations has increased organizational complexity decreasing the capacity to deal with unforeseen situations. At this respect, our research question is: what is the limit for...

In today´s more complex multinational and technologically sophisticated environment, the group has re-emerged in importance as the project team. Work teams are important to organizations in general, but are especially critical in product development because they span many functional areas...

(WP 06/03 Clave pdf) It´s recognized that the development of a learning capacity is a fundamental factor for the achievement of a durable competitive advantage.But the relevance of the learning capacity for the improvement of the organizational performance, and thus competence, has been...

(WP 11/04 Clave pdf) As innovation and technology management grow in complexity the need for inter-organizational cooperation increases.Part of this cooperation requires the understanding of how knowledge management and learning processes may function to support a successful research and...

Lean thinking has proved to be successful in improving results in industry. Services could benefit from this approach too. The success of lean thinking depends on the appropriate identification and elimination of waste. This paper describes the work carried out in identifying and analysing waste...

(WP 07/03 Clave pdf) This paper focuses on organizational learning and knowledge management through the intersectoral R&D relationship between government, universities and private organizations and explores the conditions that influence its performance. A study of over 150 of these projects,...

The purpose of this paper is to explain product development performance through the link between knowledge management and knowledge integration. When product development teams integrate knowledge about two external entities -customers and suppliers, they acquire a better understanding of the...

Product development is a knowledge intensive process. It is widely recognized as a mechanism that produces firms to learn, to enter new technological areas, and to deal more effectively with market uncertainty. Since technology management has become ingrained within the field of knowledge...

(WPE 05/03 Clave pdf) La obtención de mejores resultados a partir del conocimiento exige la instauración de unas condiciones de gestión orientadas tanto a la reunión de conocimientos efectivos como a su movilización activa; estos esfuerzos organizados han recibido el nombre de "gestión del...

The strategic process in operations (SPO) is influenced by the increasing environmental dynamism in the marketplace. Considering organizational knowledge as the support of the whole strategic process, managers may choose their objectives based on previous experiences. Manufacturing strategic...