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dc.contributor.authorNygaard, Pål
dc.contributor.authorErlien, Trond Holmen
dc.contributor.authorPetersen Malonæs, Tine
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-10T12:39:58Z
dc.date.available2023-07-10T12:39:58Z
dc.date.created2023-06-02T13:48:11Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.citationBusiness History. 2023, 1-24.
dc.identifier.issn0007-6791
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3077485
dc.description.abstractProject studies have emerged as a thriving subfield of management and organisation research. Central to project studies, is the idea that engaging in projects has long-term effects on businesses capabilities and structure. While understanding organisational change has been central to business history’s mission, historians have paid little attention to the role projects play in shaping organisations. We address this gap. Based on three cases, we analyse why and how businesses in different contexts increased their engagement with projects, whether their engagement was part of a conscious strategy, and how it affected their structure and capabilities. The article contributes to business history by showing how concepts developed in project studies cast new light on projects as a historical phenomenon and provides a valuable theoretical framework for explaining organisational change. Based on this, we suggest projects constitute a fruitful avenue for further historical research and interdisciplinary dialogue with management and organisation research.
dc.language.isoeng
dc.titleThe role of projects in shaping businesses capabilities and structure since the 1960s
dc.title.alternativeThe role of projects in shaping businesses capabilities and structure since the 1960s
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.pagenumber1-24
dc.source.journalBusiness History
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00076791.2023.2204230
dc.identifier.cristin2151275
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
cristin.qualitycode2


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