Refining the Knowledge Production Plan: Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects

Serghei Floricel & John L. Michela & Mark George & Line Bonneau

Language: English

Published: May 15, 2011

Description:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Foreword -- Chapter I. Knowledge Representations and the Structuring of Innovation Projects -- I.1. Introduction -- I.2. Structuring Mechanisms: Antecedents and Consequences of Knowledge Representation -- I.3. Complexity and Innovation -- I.4. Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects -- I.5. Structuring Effects of Representations -- I.6. Conclusions and Discussion -- Chapter II. Qualitative Research on Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects -- II. 1. Qualitative Research Methods -- II. 2. Qualitative Study Findings -- II. 3. Qualitative Study Discussion and Conclusions -- Chapter III. Preliminary Quantitative Research on Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects -- III. 1. Introduction -- III. 2. Summary of Theory about Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects -- III. 3. Complexity and Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects -- III. 4. Methods and Data -- III. 5. Analyses and Results -- III. 6. Discussion and Conclusions -- Chapter IV. Advanced Quantitative Research on Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects -- IV. 1. Introduction -- IV. 2. Research Methods -- IV. 3. Measures, Validity, and Descriptive Results -- IV. 4. Investigation of the Influence Trajectories -- IV. 5. Discussion and Conclusions -- References -- Appendix 1. Issues for Discussion in Semi-Structured Interviews -- Appendix 2. Content Coding Categories, Variables, and Definitions -- Appendix 3. Survey Instrument for the Quantitative Stage -- Author Biographies