Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the management styles adopted by project managers in the software industry in Oman. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 208 project management professionals is drawn from the Omani software industry. Data analysis is based on factor analysis...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of goal clarity in the relationship between leadership styles and project success. The paper draws on full-range leadership theory, and contextualizes leadership styles such as transformational leadership style, and...

Purpose: Accessing and sharing dispersed knowledge in ecosystems is neither easy nor automatic. In ecosystems, focal firms should purposely create the right conditions and act to deal with dispersed knowledge. This study aims to investigate how focal firms manage dispersed knowledge in...

Purpose: The dynamic capabilities (DC) literature focuses primarily on top managers. Although recent studies have drawn attention to middle management's (MM) relevance, these professionals have not been the focus of much attention in the DC literature. The purpose of this paper is to...

Purpose: This paper underscores how organizational ambidexterity and organizational innovation play differentiated roles in the subsidiary reverse knowledge transfers (RKT). The authors argue that both organizational ambidexterity and organizational innovation play a positive but differentiated...

1. Introduction -- 2. Startups and technology transfer from universities and research centers - An analysis of the impact on launching new products -- 3. Internationalization of Brazilian high-tech startups -- 4. The background of the entrepreneur in high-tech incubated startups -- 5. The...