Taking stock: Capability development in inter-organizational projects

Elke Schüßler, Lauri Wessel, Martin Gersch

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Abstract

We examine how capabilities emerge in repeated interorganizational projects and how they affect project development. A multifaceted understanding of project capabilities in interorganizational projects is important, because project management research emphasizes capabilities’ contribution to project performance, but has also stressed their tendency to grow rigid. We review the literature on interorganizational project collaboration to identify the foundations and drivers of project capabilities in project networks and to outline their potentially ambiguous consequences. Our systematic overview of these studies provides a basis for further empirical research and project management practice.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)171-186
Number of pages16
JournalSchmalenbach Business Review
Volume64
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Fields of science

  • 502 Economics
  • 502014 Innovation research
  • 502026 Human resource management
  • 502030 Project management
  • 502015 Innovation management
  • 502029 Product management
  • 502036 Risk management
  • 502043 Business consultancy
  • 502044 Business management
  • 506009 Organisation theory

JKU Focus areas

  • Management and Innovation
  • Gender Studies
  • Social and Economic Sciences (in general)

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