Knowledge entrainment and project management: The case of large-scale transformation projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 130-141

  Söderlund, Jonas ^a,b  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Change; Deadline; Entrainment; Knowledge integration; Project; Project management; Synchronization; Time

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; CHANGE; CHANGE PROCESS; EMPIRICAL DATA; KNOWLEDGE BASIS; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE PROCESS; SCALE TRANSFORMATION; SYNCHRONIZATION TIME; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SPACE TIME ADAPTIVE PROCESSING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SYNCHRONY;

EID: 73449091110     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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