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The purpose of this study is to extend the literature on grounded theory development to incorporate considerations for team-based, interdisciplinary longitudinal research projects in the domain of organizational studies. Every element of the research process is affected if the research questions call for team-based data collection and interpretation over a lengthy period of time. It is unusual for a team of scholars from different disciplines to work together, not because the need doesn't exist, but because the mechanisms for doing so are not well established. We draw from the writings of scholars in the fields of research methodology, team and work-group design, and project management to inform our thinking on the subject. The work presented here is based on the authors' experiences during 1995–1999 as members of the Radical Innovation Research Program (RIRP). The RIRP is an ongoing multidisciplinary study of the development and management of radical innovations in established firms. Here, we do not describe the findings or insights associated with the content of the study, radical innovation, which is surely a complex managerial phenomenon. Rather, we focus on the processes used to conduct the research that were affected by the need for a multidisciplinary research team. A framework is presented for thinking about managing such a project. Challenges that we encountered within this framework are identified. Mechanisms we used (or, in some cases, wish we had used in retrospect) for confronting those challenges are also described. Throughout, we compare our study objectives and resultant methodological design choices with those of other multidisciplinary research teams that are by now well known in the organizational management literature. Our objective is to help researchers who are considering launching interdisciplinary, longitudinal studies of organizational processes as they plan and manage those pursuits.

Intro -- Preface -- Volume 1 - People -- Contents: Volume 1 -- Introduction -- 1. Entrepreneurial Behavior as a Human Universal -- 2. Cognition and Affect: Invaluable Tools for Answering "Why," "How," and "What" Questions about Entrepreneurs and the Entrepreneurial Process -- 3. Heuristics, Biases, and the Behavior of Entrepreneurs -- 4. The Role of Risk in Entrepreneurial Behavior -- 5. Entrepreneurship as an Occupational Choice -- 6. The Influence of Social Capital on Entrepreneurial Behavior -- 7. Entrepreneurial Behavior and Institutions -- 8. Entrepreneurs in the Global Economy -- 9. Immigration, Ethnicity, and Entrepreneurial Behavior -- 10. Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurs: Past Findings and New Directions -- Index: Volume 1 -- About the Contributors -- Volume 2 - Process -- Contents: Volume 2 -- Introduction -- 1. The Timmons Model of the Entrepreneurial Process -- 2. Idea Generation from a Creativity Perspective -- 3. Perceiving and Shaping New Venture Opportunities through Mindful Practice -- 4. New Venture Teams -- 5. Business Angels: Investment Processes, Outcomes, and Current Trends -- 6. Venture Capital Financing -- 7. Small-Firm Growth Strategies -- 8. Going Global -- 9. Entrepreneurial Exit -- Index: Volume 2 -- About the Contributors -- Volume 3 - Place -- Contents: Volume 3 -- Introduction -- 1. Entrepreneurship as Organizing: Emergence, Newness, and Transformation -- 2. Managing Growth through Corporate Venturing -- 3. Assessing the Context for Corporate Entrepreneurship: The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation -- 4. The Family as a Distinct Context for Entrepreneurship -- 5. Franchising -- 6. From Intentions to Venture Creation: Planned Entrepreneurial Behavior among Hispanics in the United States -- 7. The Sociology of Entrepreneurship as a Provider of Context.