Aligning Misaligned Systemic Innovations: Probing Inter-Firm Effects Development in Project Networks

Abstract

Implementing systemic innovations in a project network can significantly improve its performance; however, implementing systemic innovations is difficult if project network structures misalign to the innovation. Little research has examined how project network structures can align to systemic innovations. To address this research gap, we studied an advanced building information modeling tool implemented in a Finnish design and development project network. We found that misaligned innovations are aligned through a process of task sequence alignment, knowledge base alignment, and work allocation alignment. Our findings are important; they suggest that implementing systemic innovations in project networks is a multistage inter-firm process.

Keywords

alignment building information modeling innovation interorganizational process alignment project networks systemic innovation technology implementation

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