Research focus

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The research program of the department pursues the goal of finding scientific solutions inspired by phenomena and challenges of business practice. On the one hand, this includes theoretical-conceptual or methodological contributions to basic research in the areas of project management, organization and behavior (OMT, OB) as well as technology, innovation management and entrepreneurship (TIE). On the other hand, the department's team conducts research on application-oriented solutions for business practice, ideally derived from the department's own basic research).

 

Thematically, the research is aligned along three strands:

Content Focus:Project-based practices for mobilizing technology development and innovation.
Exemplary Topics:
  • Using project-based organizing to drive innovation and technology development
  • Digital tools and their adoption in agile project management
  • Projects in the start-up process and entrepreneurship
Published papers:

Bohn, S./Braun, T. (2021): Field-configuring projects: how projects shape the public reflection of electric mobility in Germany. International Journal of Project Management, 39(6): 605-619.

 

Braun, T./Müller-Seitz, G. (2023): Digital transformation: change through projects. Munich: Vahlen.

 

Schmidt, T./Braun, T./Sydow, J. (2019): Copying routines for new venture creation: How replication can support entrepreneurial innovation, in Research in the Sociology of Organizations, 61(1): pp. 55-78.

Content focus:Organizational and project-specific requirements due to digitalization and the change in favor of more sustainability.
Exemplary topics:
  • Digital competencies in project management System innovations for sustainable developments based on transformative projects.
  • Project-driven transformation of business models, platforms and ecosystems
Published preliminary work:

Braun, T./Sydow, J. (2019): Selecting organizational partners for interorganizational projects: the dual but limited role of digital capabilities in the construction industry, in: Project Management Journal, 50(4): pp. 1-11.

 

Braun, T., Lampel, J. (2020, eds.): Tensions and paradoxes in temporary organizing, Research in the Sociology of Organizations (Special Issue), 67.

 

Nicklich, M./Braun, T./Fortwengel, J. (2020): Forever a profession in the making? The intermediate status of project managers in Germany. Journal of Professions and Organization, 7(3), 374-394.

Content focus:Project-based networking and cooperation in industrial innovation clusters and organizational fields.
Exemplary topics:
  • Governance and practices of interorganizational project management
  • Shaping of industries, organizational fields and societal changes through cooperative projects
  • Project-based cooperation in the start-up process / entrepreneurship
Published preliminary work:

Auschra, C./ Braun, T./ Schmidt, T./ Sydow, J. (2019): Patterns of project-based organizing in new venture creation: projectification of an entrepreneurial ecosystem, in International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 13(4): pp. 645-668.

 

Müller-Seitz, G./Zühlke, D./ Braun, T./Gorecky, D./Thielen, T. (2018): Network-based business model innovations - The example of the Industrie 4.0 plant SmartFactoryKL, in: Die Unternehmung, 72, pp. 146-168.

 

Sydow, J./Braun, T. (2023): Governance of inter-organizational project networks. Research Handbook on the Governance of Projects. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.