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Author
Kwiotkowska Anna (Silesian University of Technology, Poland)
Title
The Impact of Organizational Characteristics on R&D Projects Performance in High-tech Company
Source
Organization & Management : Scientific Quarterly, 2019, nr 4 (48), s. 45-57, tab., bibliogr. 33 poz.
Keyword
Sfera B+R w przedsiębiorstwie, Zarządzanie projektem, Nowe technologie
R&D in the enterprise, Project management, High-tech
Note
summ.
Abstract
In this study the impact of selected organizational characteristics on R&D projects performance were analyzed. The data for the empirical analysis come from a survey of 131 R&D projects across 53 high-tech business units. This study employs a configurational approach, using fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs/QCA), to analyze the combination of structural differentiation, innovation strategy, cooperation with stakeholders, and project team autonomy with the performance of R&D projects. The results suggest that no single organizational characteristic is crucial to ensure the success of R&D projects but three causality paths lead to that outcome. Because of significant interdependencies, the main organizational characteristic contributing to the success of R&D projects in the high-tech company concern innovation strategy in connection with either cooperation with stakeholders or project team autonomy or structural differentiation. (original abstract)
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ISSN
1899-6116
Language
eng
URI / DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.29119/1899-6116.2019.48.4
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