Dear research participants, colleagues and friends. Prof. Ross Chapman and I have an article in press. Andersson, T., & Chapman, R. (2017). Project strategy for product innovation: the strategic project […]
The project business view focuses on the commercial and financial aspects of managing projects. The project business perspective is important to the commercial success of product innovations, which requires a […]
The literature recognises the link between the strategies of the parent firm and the project, but so far projects have been seen as subordinated to the firm strategy and are […]
The product innovation literature demonstrates that many innovation developments are driven through project-based approaches. However, many of these Product Innovation Projects (PIPs) do not adequately develop an effective project strategy. […]
It is widely accepted that successful product innovation involves the development of ‘something new’, but the innovation must also be desirable to the customer, technically feasible and economically viable as […]
Patanakul and Shenhar (2012) document that ‘strategic thinking’ is rare in project literature as strategic management is mainly focused on the firm. The realisation that many innovation projects are initiated […]
Contingency theory has a rich history and has developed into an important theoretical perspective when seeking to understand organisations at the firm level and the project level. “The essence of […]
Strategic Project Management for Product Innovation 