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| Author: | Keegan, A. Turner, J. R. |
| Title: | The Management of Innovation in Project-Based Firms |
| Journal: | Long Range Planning
2002 : AUG, VOL. 35:4, p. 367-388 |
| Index terms: | MANAGEMENT INNOVATION COMPANIES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Project-based companies, which provide services to bespoke needs, are an increasingly common organisational form yet until now no literature has addressed how, if at all, they handle innovation. This paper asks three research questions: do project-based firms provide a context supportive of innovation; how do project-based firms view slack resources; and do project- based firms view innovation as universally useful. Some may argue that project-based firms are intrinsically innovative because their work is always unique, always delivered to bespoke designs and always achieving something new. Projects themselves are portrayed in the literature as a fast, flat, flexible approach to managing change (and innovation) in organisations. This makes the authors' findings all the more remarkable. |
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