By now we expect personalized content--it's routinely served up by online retailers and news services, for example. But the typical leadership development program still takes a formulaic, one-size-fits-all approach. And it rarely happens that an excellent technique can be effectively transferred from one leader to all others. Someone trying to adopt a practice from a leader with a different sty...

Common process models for the development of application software (AS) are examined as to how well they are suited for offshoring projects. The need for communication and interaction among onsite and offshore project stakeholders is identified as a critical success factor. Process models used by organizations providing offshoring services are discussed, and a generalized offshoring life cycle m...

Empirical research has demonstrated that a market orientation has in general a positive effect on organizational performance. The potential benefits of a market orientation have, however, not been realized because academics and practitioners do not yet understand the modus operandi that transform market orientation into superior organizational performance. Recent research has demonstrated that ...

Product/Service Systems have recently grown in manufacturers’ interest. This paper presents an international survey of manufacturers from Sweden, Japan, Italy and Germany. The results show that customer connection and demands along with increased competition were main driving forces for product/service systems. Also, most product/service systems include physical products, maintenance and repair...

This paper presents an empirical study on how selforganized software teams could attain high performance using agile and lean practices. In particular, the paper qualitatively examines characteristics of high performance and selforganization in one project team. The case under study is a customer-driven student project, carried out to develop an alpha-version prototype. The paper also studies h...

Available online 12 October 2011 Whilemuch research has been directed at the variables critical to successful R&D of new products on the one hand and high-technology products on the other, much lesswork has been directed at those factors crucial to the success of these products when the firm enters the international marketplace. This study surveys Finnish high-technology firms and variables rel...

The impact of the role of individual ethical predispositions, preferences for utilitarian and formalistic ideals, on managerial moral awareness was examined in 2 studies. Results suggested that a manager's ethical predispositions influence his or her responses to the characteristics of the moral issue. Both utilitarianism and formalism shaped moral awareness, but formalism demonstrated a greate...

Software processes are inherently complex. They involve a large number of different people, assuming various roles. Often, people work in different geographical locations, e.g., in different subprojects. In such a situation software development must be coordinated in order to work efficiently. Therefore, adequate support is needed for process performers. However, existing process support is oft...