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- Aramo-Immonen, Heli, 1964-, et al.
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A supply network study in the shipbuilding industry : Mixed methods research in practice
- 2011
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 20th Annual IPSERA Conference Vision 20/20 - Preparing Today for Tomorrow's Challenges 10-13 April 2011 Maastricht, the Netherlands. - Maastricht : IPSERA. - 9789461780010 ; , s. 650-661
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The objective of this study is to explore value creation in the shipbuilding supply network in Europe. The mixed methods research utilized combines or associates both qualitative and quantitative forms. Firstly, an analysis was conducted of financial statements spanning 3 years among supply chain companies in the network; secondly, a survey questionnaire was carried out (n >300 suppliers); and thirdly, a focused interview was conducted with managers from one shipyard in order to answer the research question. This exploratory paper discusses mixed method research, theory triangulation, and trust building processes in a supply network. Finally, the empirical results of the marine industry network research study are introduced.
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- Aramo-Immonen, Heli, 1964-, et al.
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Storytelling as a Factor in Increasing Intellectual Capital of Project-Based Companies
- 2012
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Ingår i: Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Intellectual Capital. - Reading, England : Academic Publishing International. - 9781908272317 - 9781908272799 ; , s. 53-59
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of the paper is to explore storytelling as a potential lever to gain intellectual capital (IC) in project-based companies. The aim is to open up new ways to understand stories and the role of storytelling in increasing IC in project-based companies. Stories are a manifestation of collective knowledge. Often not documented but embedded in individual minds and forming the valuable human capital. We present essential theoretical information, reviewing the concepts of the project-based company and the project work context, and describing the notion of IC (human, structural and relational) in relation to storytelling. The temporary nature of projects is challenge in IC management of project-based companies. Since each project is unique and may have temporary organization the transfer of knowledge is more challenging for project-based companies than for those operating in stable environments. The existing relational capital may not apply to new project and thus new relational capital must be created and accumulated to company. Considering structural capital, the processes and systems and the documented knowledge may be unique to each project and as such difficult to leverage. Storytelling can provide some ways to overcome these challenges. Storytelling is currently little understood and researched in the context of project-based companies, especially from the perspective of IC. Conceptual part of the article is followed by descriptions of stories and storytelling as a vehicle in increasing IC in project-based companies. We suggest that stories and storytelling are effective modes of human knowledge transfer and learning. Storytelling plays a role in advancing informal learning in project-based companies. Projects are unique and project teams are temporary. Therefore the IC management of project-based companies deserves extended research in academia. Originality and value of the paper is on finding a viable perspective and approach with which project-based companies can understand how they can increase IC through storytelling.
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- Aramo-Immonen, Heli, 1964-, et al.
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Trust-related network collaboration : difficulties, potential and paradoxes
- 2010
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Tämä tutkimus on esiselvitys suomalaisen meriteollisuuden verkostotoiminnan tilasta. Tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää, mitä aihealueita meriklusterin verkoston toiminnassa kannattaisi jatkotutkia.Tutkimuksen aikana suoritettiin kaksi kohdennettua kyselytutkimusta meriklusterin verkoston toimijoille. Kyselyt lähetettiin 392:en sähköpostiosoitteeseen vuoden 2009 lopulla ja kakkosvaiheessa vuoden 2010 alkupuolella. Vastausprosentti tutkimuskyselyyn oli 12 %. Tutkimuksen suunnitteli ja tutkimuskysymykset laati Tampereen teknillisen yliopiston tuotantotalouden sekä tiedonhallinnan ja logistiikan laitoksen yhteinen tutkimusryhmä. Yoso Oy avusti kyselyn laatimisessa ja kyselytutkimuksen tulosten analysoinnissa. Kysely toteutettiin Yoso Oy:n Internet-pohjaisella kyselytyökalulla.Tutkimuksessa löytyi useita tutkimuksen kannalta mielenkiintoisia osa-alueita koskien verkoston toimintaa. Tässä raportissa julkaistaan tutkimuksen tulokset ja raportin lopussa pohditaan johtopäätöksiä tuloksista. Yleisesti voidaan todeta, että meriklusterin verkoston toiminta on suomalaisen meriteollisuuden kilpailukyvyn näkökulmasta avainasemassa. Verkoston kilpailukykyyn vaikuttavia havaittuja potentiaalisia tutkimusalueita ovat mm. miten verkostossa synnytetään ja vaalitaan kilpailukykyä edistäviä innovaatioita (liiketoiminta- sekä teknologiainnovaatiot), miten arvontuotossa ilmeneviä ongelmia verkostossa kommunikoidaan sekä esim. kilpailukykyisen toiminnan vaatiman integraation aste verkostossa. Verkoston tehokkuuteen ja tuottavuuteen vaikuttavia tutkimuksen arvoisia tekijöitä havaittiin olevan mm. toimintojen kypsyys, horisontaalinen ja vertikaalinen dynamiikka verkostossa sekä arvonmuodostuksen mekanismit. Tulevaisuuteen tähtäävän globaalin verkottuneen toiminnan näkökulmasta tutkimisen arvoista olisi mm. luottamuksen synnyttäminen virtuaalisessa verkostossa (toimijat ovat maantieteellisesti ja kulttuurisesti etäällä toisistaan), verkostotoiminnan kypsyys pk-sektorilla sekä arvontuottokyvykkyys verkoston välityksellä.
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- Aramo-Immonen, Heli, 1964-, et al.
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Visualizing informal learning behavior from conference participants Twitter data
- 2014
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Ingår i: TEEM '14. - New York : Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). - 9781450328968 ; , s. 603-610
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Knowledge Management acknowledged organizational learning as a key factor for creating competitive advantage for companies in early 1990. However, studies on informal learning in this connection are still in their infancy. This article contributes to an emerging field of 'small data' research on Twitter by presenting a case study of how community managers in Finland used this social media platform to construct an informal learning environment around an annually organized conference. In this empirical study we explore informal learning behavior in project contexts especially by analyzing and visualizing informal learning behavior from Twitter data from conference participants.
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- Jussila, Jari J., et al.
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Social media utilization in business-to-business relationships of technology industry firms
- 2014
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Ingår i: Computers in human behavior. - : Elsevier. - 0747-5632 .- 1873-7692. ; 30, s. 606-613
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Even today, it is a fairly common argument in business-to-business companies, especially in traditional industrial companies, that social media is only useful in the business-to-consumer sector. The perceived challenges, opportunities and social media use cases in business-to-business sector have received little attention in the literature. Therefore, this paper focuses on bridging this gap with a survey of social media use cases, opportunities and challenges in industrial business-to-business companies. The study also examines the essential differences between business-to-consumer and business-to-business in these respects. The paper starts by defining social media and Web 2.0, and then characterizes social media in business, and social media in business-to-business. Finally, we present and analyze the results of our empirical survey of 125 business-to-business companies in the Finnish technology industry sector. This paper suggests that there is a significant gap between the perceived potential of social media and social media use with customers and partners in business-to-business companies, and identifies potentially effective ways to reduce the gap.
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- Jussila, Jari J., et al.
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Value added of social media in open innovation community : the perspective of a community hosting company that produces B2B products
- 2014
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Ingår i: AcademicMindTrek '14. - New York, NY : ACM Digital Library. - 9781450330060 ; , s. 118-124
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Social media and open innovation communities are becoming increasingly important not only for business-to-consumer (B2C) companies, in which context they have resulted in relatively large and fast-growing research body, but increasingly also to the development of business-to-business (B2B) products and innovations. In order to find out how social media and open innovation communities can be used to create value for the development of B2B product, we selected a single case study research method. The selected single case represents a unique case regarding open innovation community and social media use in the development of complex B2B products.
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- Pettersson, Elina, et al.
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Social media utilization in B2B networks' organizational learning : Review and research agenda proposal
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Mobile Multimedia. - : Rinton Press Inc.. - 1550-4646 .- 1550-4654. ; 10:3-4, s. 218-233
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Knowledge management (KM) in a business-to-business (B2B) network is a different task than intraorganizational KM. Therefore this conceptual paper searches for an answer to the question of what we should re-search in this more demanding KM environment. We suggest that the social media provides a variety of vehicles for performing organizational learning via KM in B2B networks. Since this is relatively novel research area, we have done a literature review and propose a research agenda in this article.
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- Vartiainen, Tero, et al.
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Replacement of the Project Manager Reflected Through Activity Theory and Work–System Theory
- 2011
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Ingår i: Information Systems Development. - New York : Springer. - 9781441972057 - 9781441973559 ; , s. 111-121
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Replacement of the project manager (RPM) is a known phenomenon in information systems (IS) projects, but scant attention is given to it in the project management or IS literature. Given its critical effects on the project business, the organization, the project team, and the project manager, it should be studied in more depth. We identified factors which make RPM occurrences inherently different and we show that work-system theory and activity theory give comprehensive lenses to advance research on RPM. For the future research on RPM we identified three objectives: experiences on RPM, process model for RPM, and organizational culture’s influence on RPM occurrences.
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