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Designing plans for organizational development, lessons from three large-scale SME-initiatives

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  • Lommelen, Tinne

    (UNU-MERIT, University Hasselt)

  • Hertog, Friso den

    (UNU-MERIT)

  • Beck, Lien

    (University Hasselt)

  • Sluismans, Raf

    (UNU-MERIT)

Abstract

This paper reflects upon the way that we balanced design and development in three specific case projects in order to contribute to creating and accumulating knowledge that is both relevant to practitioners and academics. More specifically, it is shown how learning within one project was used to improve the design of the next project. The three projects were set up in the context of government-sponsored social science programs and aimed at improving innovation in SMEs. As the paper shows, looking at these three projects shows the contribution from seeing design and development as two sides of the same coin.

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  • Lommelen, Tinne & Hertog, Friso den & Beck, Lien & Sluismans, Raf, 2009. "Designing plans for organizational development, lessons from three large-scale SME-initiatives," MERIT Working Papers 2009-027, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
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    Keywords

    design-oriented research; organizational development; large-scale projects;
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    JEL classification:

    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • O22 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Project Analysis
    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes

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