‘Organizational regeneration’, a phenomenon most clearly visible in seasonal organizations, such as summer camps and ski areas, is the process of reproducing an organization after a period of dormancy, often by training and guiding personnel who are largely new to their roles, or to the organization as a whole. This process presents a revealing instance of a fundamental problem facing all membe...

For organisations, the tension between integration and specialisation has become a key issue as the knowledge of work is becoming increasingly fragmented through specialisation (Becker, 2002; Grant, 1996; Kogut & Zander, 1992). Specialisation, as knowing more about less, distributes the overall accomplishment of work on several entities (Aanestad, Mørk, Grisot, Hanseth, & Syvertsen, 2003; Becke...

Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications is a topic of great importance that maintains an ongoing interest in the academic community and in countless industries and services. Technological advances allow the successful deployment of particular solutions but many potential applications still face limitations that prevent them from happening. This paper compares data collected from five implementa...