Now, let's make it really complex (complicated): A systematic review of the complexities of projects

J Geraldi, H Maylor, T Williams - International journal of operations & …, 2011 - emerald.com
Background We live in a projectified world, where change, revenue earning and many other
activities take place through project‐based processes; processes that are core to most …

Innovation management in context: environment, organization and performance

J Tidd - International journal of management reviews, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Several decades of research into innovation management have failed to provide clear and
consistent findings or coherent advice to managers. In this paper, I argue that this is because …

[HTML][HTML] Does project management matter? The relationship between project management effort, complexity, and profitability

C Kaufmann, A Kock - International Journal of Project Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study is to explore the causal impact of project management effort on
project profitability (ie, profit on sales) for varying degrees of project complexity in an …

Managing innovation

J Tidd - … and Engineering Management Society Body of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Innovative organizations outperform those that fail to innovate, in terms of productivity,
growth, sales, and service (Tidd, J. and Thuriaux‐Alemán, B.(2016). Innovation …

Project success as a topic in project management journals

LA Ika - Project management journal, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
This article highlights the characteristics of articles on project success published between
1986 and 2004 in the Project Management Journal (PMJ) and the International Journal of …

Project success: a multidimensional strategic concept

AJ Shenhar, D Dvir, O Levy, AC Maltz - Long range planning, 2001 - Elsevier
This article presents projects as powerful strategic weapons, initiated to create economic
value and competitive advantage. It suggests that project managers are the new strategic …

The influence of business strategy on project portfolio management and its success—A conceptual framework

S Meskendahl - International journal of project management, 2010 - Elsevier
Firms are facing more difficulties with the implementation of strategies than with its
formulation. Therefore, this paper examines the linkage between business strategy, project …

No project is an island: linking projects to history and context

M Engwall - Research policy, 2003 - Elsevier
Theories on project management are dominated by a perspective on singular projects,
treating the unit of analysis as a lonely phenomenon. Anchored in a comparative case study …

On uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity in project management

MT Pich, CH Loch, AD Meyer - Management science, 2002 - pubsonline.informs.org
This article develops a model of a project as a payoff function that depends on the state of
the world and the choice of a sequence of actions. A causal map**, which may be …

One size does not fit all projects: Exploring classical contingency domains

AJ Shenhar - Management science, 2001 - pubsonline.informs.org
Not many authors have attempted to classify projects according to any specific scheme, and
those who have tried rarely offered extensive empirical evidence. From a theoretical …