A Knowledge -based Approach to Innovation An Application for Project- based Firms

an individual projects is a lonely phenomenon - this is a perspective that is always propagated by project management theories .however, in practice, projects are not isolated processes, but have to be performed with definite social relationships within the context of project organization . These organizations have specific social identity and organization culture (Grabher, 2002; Hellgren and Stjernberg, 1995; Lundin and Söderholm, 1995; Sydow and Staber, 2002). The view mentioned above is also seen in similar …

…simply concentrating on project management or projects. *<Tab/>Focus on long term cooperation in networks enhances innovation and ensure knowledge transfer. *<Tab/>Building absorptive capacity and effective government mechanisms is important for long-term cooperation in the project-based industry. *<Tab/>By highlighting the context of the project-based industry (PBI), researchers have tried to address the perceived gap between PBI and current project management literature.