Project-Based Organizations, Embeddedness and Repositories of Knowledge: Editorial

摘要: Project-based organizations refer to a variety of organizational forms that involve the creation temporary systems for performance project tasks (Lundin and Soderholm 1995; DeFillippi 2002). have received increasing attention in recent years as an emerging form integrate diverse specialized intellectual resources expertise (DeFillippi Arthur 1998; Hobday 2000; Gann Salter Keegan Turner 2002; Lindkvist 2004). Recent interest knowledge economy has reinforced view their many varieties are fast flexible mode organizing resources. can circumvent traditional barriers change innovation, since each is presented temporary, relatively short-lived, phenomenon. As such, it does not pose same threat vested interests would permanent new department or division. Moreover, project-based allow low-cost experiments. Because limited duration, do constitute irreversible resource commitments fixed costs. Hence, companies other types organization may launch ventures through terminate unsuccessful at low cost little disturbance sponsor found wide range industries. These include consulting professional services (e.g. accounting, advertising, architectural design, law, management consulting, public relations), cultural industries fashion, film-making, video games, publishing), high technology software, computer hardware, multimedia), complex products construction, transportation, telecommunications, infrastructure). For these industries, employed meet highly differentiated customized nature demand, where clients frequently negotiate interact with organizers over ofteninnovative design (Hobday 1998). However, firms all undertaking projects growing part operations even while primary ‘productive’ activity might be volume-based operations-oriented Midler (2000) refers project-led Organization Studies 25(9): 1475–1489 ISSN 0170–8406 Copyright © 2004 SAGE Publications (London, Thousand Oaks, CA & New Delhi) 1475 Authors name