Knowledge Processes Steering Innovation

Purpose This study aims to explore approaches to stimulate innovation at the case company via current knowledge processes analysis to provide best-fit recommendations. Design/Methodology/Approach The study develops a theoretical overview based on the growing stream on knowledge processes in relation to innovation. The research features a case...

Looking for the Healing Innovation Process: An Explorative Study on the Critical Sucess Factors for Innovation Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry

The pharmaceutical industry has been spending an increasing amount of money on R&D over the years. However, fewer drugs have been approved by the FDA and the EMA recently. This lack in innovation performance is a problem which needs to be solved in order to continue finding medicines for cureless diseases. Innovation lies at the heart of the...

Fostering the reuse of knowledge in project based organizations

In the contemporary business world, more and more organizations especially in the engineering domain structure their working processes around projects. These organizations are called project-based-organizations (PBOs) and have established distinct work processes to successfully execute the projects that they undertake. The working processes in...

Motivations for Knowledge Sharing in Professional Services Firms: A Case Study

Starting with the research question -Why are individuals at professional services firms motivated or inhibited to share knowledge? This case study gives an elaborate picture of the knowledge sharing behaviors and the motivations of a group of technology consultants. The insights obtained from this research reveal valuable lessons to increase the...

Implementing Sustainability in the Built Environment

There is a growing desire for sustainable design, both with firms and their clients in the built environment. However sustainability is not always integrated into designs in the same uniform manner, or at the same level. Barriers and carriers exist that influence the design and its level of sustainability for consulting engineering firms....

Project management instruments and the barriers to inter-project learning: Re-inventing the wheel or learning from other projects

Large infrastructure projects in the Netherlands are often subject to discussion due to large time and cost overruns. Project management instruments are developed by the projects for the efficient management of time, cost and scope. These collections of methods, tools and approaches are often modified and further developed when projects face...

Supporting knowledge management within municipalities and CJG's with Web 2.0 technologies: Exploring opportunities to contribute to knowledge management bottlenecks