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XM Michael Song
Bio: XM Michael Song is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Organizational learning & Personal knowledge management. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 431 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the Risk Diagnosing Methodology (RDM), which aims to identify and evaluate technological, organizational and business risks in product innovation, and they describe how Unilever, one of the world's leading companies in fast-moving consumer goods, adopted RDM after a major project failure in the mid nineties.
178 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the knowledge-based theory of the firm and considered its roots in the information-processing approach to organization theory to identify and structure potential antecedents of knowledge application.
169 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identified 17 important factors in enhancing knowledge dissemination and validated 10 of these factors empirically and determined their relative impact on the level of knowledge dissemination in new product development.
115 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that management theory stands a better chance of being adopted for instrumental use if the theory is based on the paradigm of the "design sciences" like medicine or engineering, and they discuss the potential of solving its utility problem by combining both types of research.
Abstract: Academic management theory has a serious utilization problem. This article argues that it stands a better chance of being adopted for instrumental use if the theory is based on the paradigm of the “design sciences”, like medicine or engineering. Most academic management research is based on the paradigm of the “explanatory sciences”, like physics. The mission of these sciences is to describe, explain and predict, while the core mission of the design sciences is to develop “tested and grounded technological rules”. The paradigm of the design sciences is applied to management research and I discuss the potential of solving its utility problem by combining both types of research.
1,382 citations
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the so-called field-tested and grounded technological rule as a possible product of Mode 2 research with the potential to improve the relevance of academic research in management.
Abstract: The relevance problem of academic management research in organization and management is an old and thorny one. Recent discussions on this issue have resulted in proposals to use more Mode 2 knowledge production in our field. These discussions focused mainly on the process of research itself and less on the products produced by this process. Here the focus is on the so-called field-tested and grounded technological rule as a possible product of Mode 2 research with the potential to improve the relevance of academic research in management. Technological rules can be seen as solution-oriented knowledge. Such knowledge may be called Management Theory, while more description-oriented knowledge may be called Organization Theory. In this article the nature of technological rules in management is discussed, as well as their development, their use in actual management practice and the potential for cross-fertilization between Management Theory and Organization Theory.
691 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the so-called field-tested and grounded technological rule as a possible product of Mode 2 research with the potential to improve the relevance of academic research in management.
Abstract: The relevance problem of academic management research in organization and management is an old and thorny one. Recent discussions on this issue have resulted in proposals to use more Mode 2 knowledge production in our field. These discussions focused mainly on the process of research itself and less on the products produced by this process. Here the focus is on the so-called field-tested and grounded technological rule as a possible product of Mode 2 research with the potential to improve the relevance of academic research in management. Technological rules can be seen as solution-oriented knowledge. Such knowledge may be called Management Theory, while more description-oriented knowledge may be called Organization Theory. In this article the nature of technological rules in management is discussed, as well as their development, their use in actual management practice and the potential for cross-fertilization between Management Theory and Organization Theory.
564 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the way in which firms can enhance alliance performance through the development of alliance capabilities and uncover how differences in sources of alliance capability development explain performance heterogeneity.
Abstract: This study centers around the way in which firms can enhance alliance performance through the development of alliance capabilities. Whereas most research has focused on inter-firm antecedents of alliance performance, research on intra-firm antecedents pointing to prior experience and internal mechanisms to foster knowledge transfer has only recently emerged. As little is known about how firms develop alliance capabilities, this study aims to uncover how differences in sources of alliance capability development explain performance heterogeneity. The data come from a detailed survey held among alliance managers and Vice-Presidents of 151 firms. The survey covers over 2600 alliances for the period 1997-2001. This study not only finds that alliance capabilities partially mediate between alliance experience and alliance performance, but also yields novel insights into the micro-level building blocks underlying the process of alliance capability development.
472 citations
TL;DR: The different approaches taken in the literature were compared from a risk management point of view to highlight the key risk factors and their impact on project success.
464 citations