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Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management.
Title:
Project-Based Organizing and Strategic Management.
Author:
Cattani, Gino.
ISBN:
9781780521930
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (582 pages)
Series:
Advances in Strategic Management, 28 ; v.28

Advances in Strategic Management, 28
Contents:
FRONT COVER -- PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- ABOUT THE EDITORS -- PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT: A LONG-TERM RESEARCH AGENDA ON TEMPORARY ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS -- INTRODUCTION -- SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND THE NETWORK EMBEDDEDNESS OF PROJECTS -- LEARNING IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS -- CAPABILITIES IN PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS -- THE WORK IN THIS SPECIAL RESEARCH FORUM -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- PART I: DEFINITIONS AND CONNOTATIONS -- INNOVATION IN COMPLEX PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING -- INTRODUCTION -- SHIFT TOWARDS PROJECT ORGANIZING -- KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPLEX PRODUCT SYSTEMS -- STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS FOR PROJECT ORGANIZING -- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX: ABOUT THE RESEARCH -- VARIETIES OF COOPERATIVE STRATEGY IN PROJECT BASED ORGANIZING: THE CASE OF INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE CO-PRODUCTION -- INTRODUCTION -- LITERATURE REVIEW -- THEORY DEVELOPMENT -- METHODS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TEMPORARY MODES OF PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION WITHIN EVOLVING ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS: INSIGHTS FROM OTICON'S EXPERIMENT WITH THE SPAGHETTI ORGANIZATION -- PROJECTIZATION: THE EVOLUTION OF PURE PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS BETWEEN MARKET AND HIERARCHY -- CASE STUDY OF OTICON AND PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATION -- CONCLUSION: OTICON AS AN EXPERIMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL EVOLUTION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- PROJECTS, PARADIGMS AND PREDICTABILITY -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORY -- UNDERSTANDING PROJECTS -- HEATHROW TERMINAL 5 AND THE CREATION OF PREDICTABILITY -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART II: TEMPORARY STRUCTURE AND PERMANENT LEARNING -- ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING IMPLICATIONS OF PARTNERING FLEXIBILITY IN PROJECT-VENTURE SETTINGS: A MULTILEVEL FRAMEWORK.

THEORY -- PROPOSITIONS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- TERMINATING INSTITUTIONALIZED TERMINATION: WHY SEMATECH BECAME MORE THAN A TEMPORARY SYSTEM -- INTRODUCTION -- ACCOUNTING FOR TEMPORALITY IN PROJECTS: A BRIEF REVIEW -- ACCOUNTING FOR THE (SOMETIMES MORE THAN) TEMPORARY NATURE OF PROJECTS BY ADOPTING A PATH DEPENDENCE PERSPECTIVE -- RESEARCH SETTING AND METHODS -- SEMATECH AS A PROJECT TERMINATING ITS BUILT-IN TERMINATION -- DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS -- TERMINATING THIS STUDY -- REFERENCES -- PROJECT MANAGEMENT: LEARNING BY VIOLATING PRINCIPLES -- FROM TEAM- TO PROJECT-BASED ORGANISATION -- PROJECTS UNDER REVIEW: BETWEEN ADAPTATION AND VIOLATION OF PRINCIPLES -- ADAPTATION OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES: LESSONS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART III: PROJECTS, INNOVATION AND CAPABILITIES -- PROJECTS, PROJECT CAPABILITIES AND PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- SCALE ECONOMIES AND PROJECT CAPABILITIES -- CONTINGENCIES: VALUE CAPTURE AND CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- STRATEGY AND CAPABILITIES IN THE P-FORM CORPORATION: LINKING STRATEGIC DIRECTION WITH ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES -- INTRODUCTION -- OUTLINE AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- WHAT ARE P-FORM CORPORATIONS? -- CAPABILITIES IN P-FORM CORPORATIONS -- STRATEGIC ALTERNATIVES IN P-FORM CORPORATIONS -- TEMPORARY DECENTRALIZATION AND PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING -- P-FORM STRATEGIES AND CAPABILITY FORMATION THROUGH TEMPORARY DECENTRALIZATION -- CONCLUDING DISCUSSION AND FUTURE RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- STRATEGIC RESPONSES TO STANDARDIZATION: EMBRACE, EXTEND OR EXTINGUISH? -- INTRODUCTION -- PRIOR RESEARCH ON STANDARDS STRATEGY -- SELECTING AN EMPIRICAL CONTEXT -- DATASET ONE: CONTENT ANALYSIS -- DATASET TWO: MICROSOFT AND JAVA CASE STUDY -- DISCUSSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

REFERENCES -- PART IV: PROJECTS AND NETWORKS -- SHARED LEADERSHIP FUNCTIONS IN GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED PROJECT TEAMS -- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND -- SHARED LEADERSHIP FUNCTIONS -- MOTIVATIONAL ASPECTS OF SHARED LEADERSHIP IN DISPERSED TEAMS -- VERTICAL PROJECT LEADER FUNCTIONS -- DISCUSSION -- FURTHER RESEARCH -- REFERENCES -- STAYING LOCAL OR REACHING GLOBALLY? ANALYZING STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PROJECT-BASED NETWORKS IN GERMAN BIOTECH -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORY -- HYPOTHESES -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- A MODEL OF AND FOR VIRTUAL PROJECTS -- RESEARCH SITE AND METHODS -- PROCESSES UNDERLYING COLLABORATION ON A WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- RECONSIDERING AMBIDEXTERITY AT THE INDIVIDUAL LEVEL: A SOCIAL NETWORK PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVES -- METHODS -- MAIN FINDINGS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART V: TOWARD FUTURE RESEARCH -- TOWARD A PROJECTS AS EVENTS PERSPECTIVE -- INTRODUCTION -- INTRODUCING A NEW PERSPECTIVE: PROJECTS AS EVENTS -- THE BENEFITS OF PROJECTS AS EVENTS: FROM STATIC TO DYNAMIC -- PROJECTS AS EVENTS IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES -- METHODS FOR STUDYING PROJECTS AS EVENTS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- INSTITUTIONAL DYNAMICS OF PROJECT-BASED CREATIVE ORGANIZATIONS: IRVING THALBERG AND THE HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYSTEM -- INTRODUCTION -- A MULTICONTEXTUAL THEORY OF PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZATIONS -- THE EVOLUTION OF PROJECT-BASED ORGANIZING IN THE AMERICAN FILM INDUSTRY -- IRVING THALBERG AS INSTITUTIONAL ENTREPRENEUR -- PRELUDE TO THE CENTRAL-PRODUCER SYSTEM -- THE STUDIO SYSTEM IN PRACTICE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TEMPORARY IDENTITIES: HYBRIDITY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF IDENTITIES IN THE U.S. FEATURE FILM INDUSTRY -- INTRODUCTION.

HYBRIDITY IN THE U.S. FEATURE FILM INDUSTRY -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- PROJECTS OF PASSION: LESSONS FOR STRATEGY FROM TEMPORARY ART -- RESEARCH SETTING AND STRATEGY -- PROJECTS OF PASSION: DEFINITION AND THEORETICAL MODEL -- CONCLUSION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER RESEARCH -- NOTE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A: PROJECT SAMPLE -- APPENDIX B: SELECTED DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF PROJECTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS.
Abstract:
This volume is designed to renew, stimulate and facilitate discussion about project-based organizations and how they increasingly pervade business dimensions. It focuses on theoretical frameworks for understanding PBOs through different lenses, investigates current issues, and identifies new areas for future research.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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