Swift transition and knowledge cycling: Key capabilities for successful technical and engineering consulting?

Svjetlana Pantic-Dragisic; Jonas Söderlund

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103880

doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.103880

Swift transition and knowledge cycling: Key capabilities for successful technical and engineering consulting?

Svjetlana Pantic-Dragisic

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Jonas Söderlund

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Research Policy7.20

Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 103880 - 103880

Published: Feb 1, 2020

Abstract

The organization of innovation labor is undergoing major changes in technology-based and engineering-intensive industries worldwide. Those changes reflect fluctuating market demands and increasing task uncertainty, and they are characterized by three related developments: externalization of the workforce, development of new types of employment relations, and greater use of technical consultants. These trends have led to the technical and...