Refining the knowledge production plan : knowledge representations in innovation projects

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Knowledge is a critical component of any project. It is often the source of innovation projects in that knowledge may open new technical possibilities or reveal new needs that can be met. Refining the Knowledge Production Plan: Knowledge Representations in Innovative Projects presents the results of research aimed at enhancing understanding of the role of knowledge and of its production in innovation projects.

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• Acknowledgments (p. vii)
• Executive Summary (p. ix)
• Foreword (p. xxi)
• Chapter I Knowledge Representations and the Structuring of Innovation Projects (p. 1)
• I.1 Introduction (p. 1)
• I.2 Structuring mechanisms: Antecedents and consequences of knowledge representation (p. 3)
• I.3 Complexity and innovation (p. 7)
• I.4 Knowledge representations in innovation projects (p. 15)
• I.5 Structuring effects of representations (p. 25)
• I.6 Conclusions and discussion (p. 48)
• Chapter II Qualitative Research on Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects (p. 51)
• II.1 Qualitative research methods (p. 51)
• II.2 Qualitative study findings (p. 54)
• II.3 Qualitative study discussion and conclusions (p. 88)
• Chapter III Preliminary Quantitative Research on Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects (p. 91)
• III.1 Introduction (p. 91)
• III.2 Summary of theory about knowledge representations in innovation projects (p. 93)
• III.3 Complexity and knowledge representations in innovation projects (p. 96)
• III.4 Methods and data (p. 101)
• III.5 Analyses and results (p. 103)
• III.6 Discussion and conclusions (p. 107)
• Chapter IV Advanced Quantitative Research on Knowledge Representations in Innovation Projects (p. 109)
• IV.1 Introduction (p. 109)
• IV.2 Research methods (p. 109)
• IV.3 Measures, validity, and descriptive results (p. 113)
• IV.4 Investigation of the influence trajectories (p. 142)
• IV.5 Discussion and conclusions (p. 159)
• References (p. 164)
• Appendix 1 Issues for discussion in semi-structured interviews (p. 173)
• Appendix 2 Content coding categories, variables, and definitions (p. 175)
• Appendix 3 Survey instrument for the quantitative stage (p. 187)
• Author Biographies (p. 197)