Im Rahmen des Anlaufmanagements in der Automobilindustrie behandelt diese Studie die zentrale Forschungsfrage: "Welchen Einfluss hat der Grad der unternehmensübergreifenden Zusammenarbeit in automotiven Anlaufprojekten auf die Zielgrößen Anlaufzeit, Anlaufkosten und Produktqualität?" Weitere...

Collaborations in innovation work between competitors have become a common practice in the information and communication technology sector (ICT), and substantial investments are made in such collaborations. Significant rationales for these collaborations include the high expectations placed on...

Empirical evidence shows that research is being carried out more in cooperation or in collaboration with others, and the networks described by these collaborative research activities are becoming more and more complex. This phenomenon brings about new strands of research questions and opens up a...

Traditionally, the main focus of the information system (IS) literature has been on technical aspects related to system development projects. Furthermore, research in the IS field has mainly focused on co-located project teams. In this respect, social aspects involved in IS projects were...

Novel external partnerships are valuable but risky, and scholars have examined the organization- and individual-level determinants of firms' decisions to pursue these new relationships. Yet, in organizations doing complex and knowledge-intensive work, decisions about interorganizational...