The forces pushing management researchers inexorably closer to the managers they study are strong, strengthening and generally welcomed. This paper sees disadvantages in such proximity and common interest. Much of the work of management researchers is not rigorous, not sensible, and not useful,...

This paper engages with the recent trend in organisation science towards understanding temporary organisations as a distinctive organisational form. The strategic management literature has so far failed to provide any viable explanations about how organisational temporariness and skills...

The aim of this paper is to discuss the role of various socioeconomic actors in the diffusion of knowledge in localised economies of small and medium sized economics SMEs. The ability of industrial districts to diffuse knowledge quickly and effectively is frequently mentioned as their major...