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A Project-based Perspective on Strategic Renewal

Carsten Lund Pedersen, Department of Business IT, IT University of Denmark, Denmark, calp@itu.dk , Thomas Ritter, Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, ritter@cbs.dk , Torben Juul Andersen, Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, tja.egb@cbs.dk
 
Suggested Citation
Carsten Lund Pedersen, Thomas Ritter and Torben Juul Andersen (2024), "A Project-based Perspective on Strategic Renewal", Strategic Management Review: Vol. 5: No. 3, pp 241-271. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/111.00000069

Publication Date: 11 Dec 2024
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Subjects
New venture creation process,  Corporate strategy,  Entrepreneurship and strategy,  Organization and strategy
 
Keywords
Compliancedevianceemergenceinitiativeprojectstrategy formulationstrategic renewal
 

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In this article:
Introduction 
From a Resource-based View to a Project-based View 
A Typology for Analyzing Strategy as Projects 
Discussion 
A Research Agenda 
Contributions and Implications 
Appendix A 
References 

Abstract

This paper adopts a project-based perspective to analyze how strategic renewal evolves in organizations over time. Projects are temporary resource-committing activities that deliberately impose changes on existing business operations and, thereby, generate strategic renewal. Projects can be empirically identified and are, therefore, suited for analyzing manifestations of deliberate and emergent strategies driven by employee behaviors that either comply with or deviate from the official strategy. In the article, we present 10 theoretically derived project categories that can be used to analyze strategic renewal through the enactment of different projects. We also discuss the implications and limitations of the project-based perspective for strategy research and management practice.

DOI:10.1561/111.00000069