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Marketing and technology strategies for innovative performance

Sicotte, Hélène; Drouin, Nathalie; Delerue, Hélène - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 2, pp. 195-215

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine organizational project management (OPM) as an integrative mechanism to mediate marketing and technology strategies for innovative performance. In addition, the moderating effects of firm size and turbulence on the relationships between...

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IT project management resources and capabilities: a Delphi study

Hadaya, Pierre; Cassivi, Luc; Chalabi, Chahinaze - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 2, pp. 216-229

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the most important IT project management resources and capabilities, and rank them according to the extent to which they are valuable, rare and inimitable. Design/methodology/approach – Using a Delphi methodology, the data collection process...

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Practical difficulties encountered in attempting to implement a partnering approach

Aarseth, Wenche; Andersen, Bjørn; Ahola, Tuomas; … - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 2, pp. 266-284

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present practical difficulties in attempting to implement a partnering approach. Design/methodology/approach – The paper comprises empirical evidence from case studies in Norway and Canada and an extensive literature review on partnering. Findings...

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How do you do? On situating old project sites through practice‐based studies

Hällgren, Markus; Lindahl, Marcus - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 3, pp. 335-344

Purpose – The purpose of this editorial is to reflect on the growing interest of situated project research. Design/methodology/approach – The editorial is conceptual and relies on published work and the articles included in the special issue. Findings – With this special issue it is found...

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Comments on challenging the rational project environment

Kreiner, Kristian - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 5 (2012) 4, pp. 714-717

Purpose – Kristian Kreiner is one of the co‐authors of Projektledning i en ofulständig värld . The purpose of this paper (commentary) is to reiterate and update a few of the fundamental tenets on which the original text was based. The purpose is also to argue that the need to challenge...

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Managing temporal misfits in institutional environments

Dille, Therese; Söderlund, Jonas - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 3, pp. 552-575

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to conceptualize time as an important dimension of institutions and, more specifically, to develop the analysis of institutions, time, and temporal misfits. The paper explores these matters in the context of an inter‐institutional project where actors, who...

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A chunk view of research into temporary organizations

Artto, Karlos - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 3, pp. 595-603

organizations. Design/methodology/approach – This research note builds on commenting and deriving arguments from three main sources … temporary organizations and/or projects. In addition to an Introduction section in the beginning and Discussion section at the … and empirical research and academic debates on temporary organizations and projects is needed. This would elevate …

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The role of transition in temporary organizations: linking the temporary to the permanent

Jacobsson, Mattias; Burström, Thommie; Wilson, Timothy L. - In: International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 6 (2013) 3, pp. 576-586

Purpose – This research note puts the role of transition back in the center of the temporary organization and lends to understanding the temporary organization as a transitory unit within the permanent organization. The purpose is to reactivate theory development within this field of research...

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Project Management: A Necessary Skill?

Thomas, Colin‐Coulson - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 90 (1990) 6, pp. 17-21

Project management is of growing importance as bureaucratic organisations pass through transition to be more flexible “network organisations”. Work is increasingly undertaken by groups and teams, and the focus of assessment shifts from input to output. In certain sectors, companies are...

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A brief history of GLOBE

House, Robert J. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 13 (1998) 3/4, pp. 230-240

This paper discusses the issues relating to the origin, development, and management of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness research program (GLOBE) project. GLOBE is a cross‐cultural research program involving 160 scholars in research teams in 60 nations. The...

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