Absorptive, innovative and adaptive capabilities and their impact on project and project portfolio performance

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 621-635

  Biedenbach, Thomas ^a   Müller, Ralf ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Absorptive capabilities; Adaptive capabilities; Innovative capabilities; Portfolio performance; Project performance

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPABILITY; ADAPTIVE CAPABILITIES; INNOVATIVE CAPABILITY; PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

INNOVATION;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84860369625     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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