Causal ambiguity relates to ambiguity as to how organizational actions and results, inputs
and outcomes, or competencies and advantage are linked. Causal ambiguity is important …

We extend research on informal economic activity and investigate why organizations adopt
informal rules when formal ones exist and how and why patterns of defiance vary across …

Previous research has considered combining different decision-making approaches to be
critical to achieve flexibility in Project Portfolio Management (PPM). Lacking flexibility, ie …

Research on exploitation and exploration in firms has attracted a lot of attention in recent
years; however, it seems to have an uneven spread because when it comes to the …

The successful delivery of organisational objectives is significantly linked to the effective
collection of project portfolios. There are many different multi-criteria decision making …

Failure is an inevitable feature of innovation, and management research promulgates the
importance of learning from it. Key to excelling at an innovation‐based strategy is …

In this article we analyse the role of goal setting for innovation in an R & D context. The
literature on goal setting for innovation is inconclusive; some scholars claim that goals …

Ambiguity, defined in this study as the existence of two or more interpretations of the same
cue, is an essential component of 'fuzziness' in new product development (NPD) projects. In …

Product development implies a need for information processing capability due to its
uncertain and ambiguous nature. Uncertainty is troublesome as it limits an organization's …

In this paper, we argue that ambiguity is an essential component of" fuzziness" in the Fuzzy
Front End of New Product Development (NPD), and that a better understanding of how …