Managing collaborative research projects: A synthesis of project management literature and directives for future research

vom Brocke J; Lippe S


Abstract
Collaborative research projects have emerged as a particular form of academia--industry interaction. Over the past ten to fifteen years they have received increasing attention in the project portfolio of public and private organisations as well as in the project management literature. They present specific challenges, demanding of adaptations and adjustments to existing project management approaches. By means of a systematic literature review we provide a comprehensive list of the main challenges associated with these projects, as well as the guidelines, tools {&} techniques, and conceptual results that have been proposed to overcome them. The findings are synthesised into three main paradoxes, four general management strategies, and two main research streams. Against this background, we propose directives for future research that serve to improve the transfer of scientific knowledge into practice.

Keywords
research projects



Publication type
Research article (journal)

Peer reviewed
Yes

Publication status
Published

Year
2015

Journal
International Journal of Project Management

Volume
33

Issue
5

Start page
1022

End page
1039

ISSN
0263-7863

DOI

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