Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎This book has a very important message in proposing that‎,‎ for many firms‎,‎ project competence is a major precondition for competitive advantage‎.‎ Building on a multitude of solid empirical studies within the COPS research programme‎,‎ Davies and Hobday demonstrate convincingly the vital role of projects as a means of stimulating flexibility and effecting innovation‎.‎ They present a comprehensive framework that accounts for the wider significance of projects for innovation and business strategy‎.‎ For students within business and technology‎,‎ as well as for managers‎,‎ this book is a must read‎!‎‎'‎ Lars Lindkvist Professor of Business Administration‎,‎ Linkoping University‎,‎ Sweden Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎ ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ a major scholarly contribution to a rethinking of the role of projects in the management literature ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ moves beyond the orthodox view of projects as a set of operational planning and control tools and techniques‎,‎ and instead demonstrates how projects are the fulcrum for organization‎-wide learning‎,‎ innovation and business development‎.‎‎'‎ Robert DeFillippi Suffolk University Business School‎,‎ Boston Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎The popularity of projects as a means for achieving competitive advantage in public and private organizations has become a well‎-recognized phenomenon‎,‎ leading to a surge of interest in theory development and the practice of project management techniques‎.‎ What has been missing‎,‎ to date‎,‎ is a work that places projects directly at the center of modern business practices‎,‎ explaining clearly and concisely why projects are an effective means for achieving myriad organizational goals‎.‎ This book addresses a critical and‎,‎ until now‎,‎ missing component in our understanding of the role of projects in successful business enterprises‎.‎ Well‎-researched‎,‎ provocative‎,‎ and highly practical‎,‎ The Business of Projects‎,‎ is a welcome‎,‎ and extremely timely addition to the project management literature‎.‎‎'‎ Jeffrey K‎.‎ Pinto Andrew Morrow and Elizabeth Lee Black Chair in Management of Technology‎,‎ Sam and Irene Black School of Business Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎Since the pioneering work of Joan Woodward and Alfred Chandler in the 1960s‎,‎ researchers have tried to understand the relationships between strategy‎,‎ organisation and technology‎.‎ Davies and Hobday show how today‎'‎s complex new technologies and organizational structures have made this task even more complicated‎.‎ Their answer to many of the strategic challenges posed by the new environment is the project business‎.‎ This book provides a major contribution to our understanding of industrial organisation in the early 21st century‎.‎‎'‎ Mark Dodgson Director‎,‎ Technology and Innovation Management Centre‎,‎ University of Queensland Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎This book has a very important message in proposing that‎,‎ for many firms‎,‎ project competence is a major precondition for competitive advantage‎.‎ Building on a multitude of solid empirical studies ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ ‎,‎ Davies and Hobday demonstrate convincingly the vital role of projects as a means of stimulating flexibility and effecting innovation‎.‎ They present a comprehensive framework that accounts for the wider significance of projects for innovation and business strategy‎.‎ For students within business and technology‎,‎ as well as for managers‎,‎ this book is a must read‎!‎‎'‎ Lars Lindkvist Professor of Business Administration‎,‎ Linkoping University‎,‎ Sweden Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ this book is ‎'‎highly original‎'‎ ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ The authors ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ go furher by analysing the role of projects‎,‎ and the actions of managers within them‎,‎ from two viewpoints‎:‎ that of complex products and systems as a particular class of undertaking and their role in stimulating and effecting innovations ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ The book is structured to take researchers‎,‎ students and managers through the field step by step ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ This is a well organised and clearly written book on a subject of growing importance‎.‎ It provides an excellent introduction for students‎,‎ researchers and project managers‎.‎‎'‎ Development Policy Review Review of the hardback‎:‎ ‎'‎For the reader who wants to understand this important category of projects and the innovation and learning problems associated with project business‎,‎ I truly recommend the book‎.‎ I especially believe that the theoretical framework presented in the book is a welcome contribution to both the literature on management in general and to the knowledge of project management/organization/business in particular‎.‎‎'‎ Jonas Soderlund School of Managment‎,‎ Linkoping University