Publications featuring Harry Scarbrough

Publications

Books

• Newell, S., Robertson, M., Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. Managing knowledge work and innovation. Basingstoke ; New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
• Scarbrough, H. The evolution of business knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Newell HJ and Scarbrough H. HRM in Context: Case Studies and Analysis. London: Palgrave, 2002.
• Newell S., Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Managing Knowledge Work. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2002.
• Swan JA , JC Preston and Scarbrough H. Knowledge Management: A literature Review. London: Institute of Personnel Development, 1999.
• R Fincham and Scarbrough H. Expertise and Innovation: IT in the Financial Services Sector. Oxford: OUP, 1994.
• M Corbett and Scarbrough H. Technology and Organization: Power, Meaning and Design. London: Routledge, 1992.

Edited books

• Newell HJ and Scarbrough H. Human Resource Management in Context: A Case Study Approach. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2002. 1-359.
• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Cases in Knowledge Management. London, n.p., 1999.

Book chapters

• Scarbrough, H. and Swan, J. Project work as a locus of learning: the journey through practice. Community, economic creativity, and organization. Ed. Amin, A. and Roberts, J. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008. Chapter 6. 148-177.
• Scarbrough H. Organizational Knowledge. International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies. Ed. James R. Bailey and Stewart Clegg. London: Sage Publications, 2007. 1087-1092.
• Bresnen, M., Edelman L , Newell S., Scarbrough H and Swan JA. A community perspective on managing knowledge in project-based environments. Management of Knowledge in Project Environments. Ed. P Love, P Fong, Z Irani. Amsterdam: Elsevier (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2005. 81-102.
• Edelman L , Bresnen, M., Newell S., Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The paradox of social capital: structural, relational and cognitive dimensions. Strategy in transition. Ed. R A Bettis. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2005. 153-174.
• Bresnen, M., Edelman L , Newell S., Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Exploring the darker side of social capital in the context of project based learning. Social Capital and Information Communication Technologies. Ed. M Huysman, V Wulf. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2004. 231-268.
• Swan JA , Scarbrough H and Robertson MJ. Knowledge, Networking and Innovation: A Process View. International Handbook of Innovation. Ed. L. V. Shavinina. Elsevier Science, 2003. 680-694.
• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Discourses of knowledge management and the learning organization: their production and consumption. Handbook of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management. Ed. M. Easterby-Smith and M. A. Lyles. London: Blackwell, 2003. 495-512.
• Newell S., Scarbrough H , Swan JA and D Hislop. Intranets and knowledge management: De-centred technologies and the limits of technological discourse. Managing Knowledge: Critical Investigations of Work and Learning. Ed. C Pritchard, R Hull, M Chuumer, H Willmott. London: Macmillan, 2000. 88-106.
• Scarbrough H. BPR and the knowledge-based view of the firm. Knowledge and Process Management. , n.p., 1998.
• S Hutchinson, N Kinnie, J Purcell, M Collinson, Scarbrough H and Terry MA. Getting Fit, Staying Fit: Developing Lean and Responsive Organisations. Institute of Personnel and Development. , n.p., 1998.
• Scarbrough H and Terry MA. United Kingdom: the reorganization of production. After Lean Production: Evolving Practices in the World Auto Industry. Ed. T Kochan, R Lansbury and J P MacDuffie. Ithaca: ILR Press, 1997. 137-154.
• Scarbrough H and Terry MA. Industrial Relations and the reorganization of production in the UK motor industry. After Lean Production: Evolving Employment Practices in the World Auto Industry. Ed. T. Kochan. Ithaca, N.Y: Cornell University Press, 1997. 137-154.
• Scarbrough H and Burrell WG. The Axeman Cometh: The Changing Roles and Knowledge of Middle Managers. The Politics of Management Knowledge. Ed. S Clegg, G Palmer. London: Sage, 1996. 173-190.
• Liff ST and Scarbrough H. Creating a Knowledge Database: Operationalising the Vision or Compromising the Concept? Management of Information and Communications Technologies: Emerging Patterns of Control. Ed. Mansell, R. ASLIB, 1994. 207-219.
• Liff ST and Scarbrough H. Core Competencies and Corporate Strategy: The Development and Utilization of Knowledge Databases. Management of Technology IV: The Creation of Wealth. Ed. Khalil, T.M. & Bayraktar, B.A. Industrial Engineering and Management Press, 1994. 562-571.
• Liff ST and Scarbrough H. Creating a Knowledge Database. Information, Control and Technical Change. Ed. R. Mansell. London: Aslib, 1993.

Journal articles

• Scarbrough, H. and Knights, D. In search of relevance: perspectives on the contribution of academicpractitioner networks. Organization Studies 31 (2010) (Published): 1287-1309.
• Swan, J., Scarbrough, H. and Newell, S. Why don't (or do) organizations learn from projects? Management Learning 41 (2010) (Published): 325-344.
• Scarbrough, H., Amaeshi, K. Briggs, T. Developing a multi-level account of the role of trust in early-stage technology investments. Entrepreneurship, Theory and Practice (2009) (Under Review).
• Scarbrough H , Buelens, M. and Willem. Impact of coherent versus multiple identities on knowledge integration. Journal Of Information Science (2007): 1-18.
• Scarbrough H , Swan JA , Robertson, M and Nicolini, D. Introduction special issue on organizational learning knowledge and capabilities. Management Learning 38 (2007): 259-265.
• Willem and Scarbrough H. Social capital and political bias in knowledge sharing: An exploratory study. Human Relations 59 (2006): 1343-1370.
• Newell S., Bresnen, M., Edelman L , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Sharing knowledge across projects: Limits to ICT-led project review practices. Management Learning 37 (2006): 167-185.
• Willem, Buelens, M. and Scarbrough H. The role of inter-unit coordination mechanisms in knowledge sharing: A case study of a British MNC. Journal Of Information Science 32 (2006): 1-31.
• Bresnen MJ , Edelman, L., SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Exploring social capital in the construction firm, Building Research And Information 33 (2005): 235-244.
• Scarbrough H , Robertson MJ and Swan JA. The role of professional media in management fashion. Scandinavian Journal of Management 21 (2005): 197-208.
• Swan JA and Scarbrough H. The politics of networked innovation. Human Relations 58 (2005): 913-943.
• Elias, J. and Scarbrough H. The evaluation of human capital: An exploratory study of management practice. Human Resource Management Journal 14 (2004): 21-40.
• Bresnen, M., Edelman L , Laurent S , Newell S., Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The benefits and pitfalls of social capital: empirical evidence from two organizations in the UK. British Journal of Management 15 (2004): 59-70.
• Scarbrough H , Bresnen, M., Edelman, L., Laurent, S., Newell S. and Swan JA. The processes of project-based learning: an exploratory study. Management Learning 35 (2004): 491-506.
• Scarbrough H , Swan JA , Laurent, S., Bresnen, M., Edelman, L. and Newell S. Project-based learning and the role of learning boundaries. Organization Studies 25 (2004): 1579-1600.
• Robertson MJ , Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge creation in professional service firms: Institutional effects. Organization Studies 24 (2003): 831-857.
• Scarbrough H. Knowledge Management, HRM and the Innovation Process. International Journal Of Manpower 24 (2003): 501-516.
• SM Newell, Edelman L , Scarbrough H , Swan JA and Bresnen M. Best Practice development and transfer in the NHS: the importance of process as well as product knowledge. Health Services Management Research 16 (2003): 1-12.
• Bresnen M , Edelman L , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Social practices and the management of knowledge in project environments. International Journal Of Project Management 21 (2003): 157-166.
• Scarbrough H. Recipe for success. People Management (2003): 32-35.
• Swan JA , Scarbrough H and Robertson MJ. The construction of Communities of Practice in the management of innovation. Management Learning 33 (2003): 477-496.
• Scarbrough H and Kinnie N. Barriers to the development of teamworking in UK firms. Industrial Relations Journal 34 (2003): 135-149.
• Scarbrough H. The role of intermediary groups in shaping management fashion: The case of Knowledge Management. International Studies of Management and Organization 32 (2003): 87-103.
• Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge communities and innovation. Trends in Communication 8 (2002): 7-20.
• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Explaining the diffusion of Knowledge Management: The role of fashion. British Journal of Management 12 (2001): 3-12.
• SM Newell, Swan JA and Scarbrough H. From global knowledge management to electronic fences: Contradictory outcomes of intranet development. British Journal of Management 12 (2001): 97-111.
• Scarbrough H. Knowledge a la mode: The rise of Knowledge Management and its implications for views of knowledge production. Social Epistemology 15 (2001): 201-213.
• Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge Management and the role of IT: Editorial. Journal Of Information Technology 16 (2001): 49-55.
• Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge management: concepts and controversies (editorial) Journal Of Management Studies 38 (2001): 913-921.
• Hislop, D, SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Networks, knowledge and power: decision-making politics and the process of innovation. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management 12 (2000): 399-411.
• Swan JA , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and D Hislop. Knowledge Management and Innovation: Networks and Networking. Journal of Knowledge Management 13 (1999).
• Scarbrough H. The unmaking of management? Contemporary shifts in the meaning of management. Human Relations 51 (1998): 691-716.
• Scarbrough H. Path(ological) dependency: Core competencies from an organizational perspective. British Journal of Management 9 (1998): 219-232.
• Shan L Pan and Scarbrough H. A socio-technical view of knowledge sharing at Buckman Laboratories. Journal of Knowledge Management 2 (1998): 55-66.
• Scarbrough H and Terry MA. Forget Japan: The very British response to lean production. Employee Relations 20 (1998): 224-236.
• Scarbrough H. Making the matrix matter: The social construction of strategic information systems. Journal Of Management Studies 34 (1997): 1-20.
• D Hislop, SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Innovation and Networks: Linking Diffusion and Implementation. International Journal of Innovation Management 1 (1997): 427-448.
• Scarbrough H. The Social Engagement of Social Science. Human Relations 48 (1995): 1-11.
• Scarbrough H. Blackboxes, Hostages and Prisoners: Organizing Technical Knowledge for Innovation. Organization Studies 16 (1995): 919-1019.
• Scarbrough H. Problem-solutions in the Management of IS Expertise. Journal Of Management Studies 30 (1993): 939-955.

Non-peer reviewed articles

• Scarbrough H. Why your employees don't share what they know. Knowledge Management Review 6 (2003): 16-19.
• Rees C , Scarbrough H and Terry MA. The People Management Implications of Leaner Ways of Working. Issues in People Management 15 (1997): 64-115.

Reports to government

• Scarbrough H and Elias J. Evaluating Human Capital. London: CIPD (2002).
• Swan JA , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell and Scarbrough H. Knowledge management for project-based learning: a scoping study. EPSRC (Innovative Manufacturing Initiative) (2001).
• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Cases in Knowledge Management. People Management Series. Institute of Personnel and Development (1999).
• Scarbrough H , Swan JA and JC Preston. Knowledge Management and the Learning Organization: A Literature Review. Institute of Personnel and Development (1999).
• Scarbrough H , Swan JA and JC Preston. Knowledge Management & the Learning Organization - The IPD Report. Report for the Institute of Personnel Development, (1998).

Conference proceedings

• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Developing the process perspective on networked innovation. Organization Studies Summer Workshop. Santorini, 2005.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Creating knowledge in professional service firms. 2nd European Academy of Management Conference. Milan, 2003.
• Edelman L , Bresnen M , Laurent S , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The effect of team structure on project-based learning. 4th European Conference on Organisational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities. University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain, 2003.
• Scarbrough H , Edelman L , Bresnen M , Laurent S , SM Newell and Swan JA. Learning from projects: the interplay of absorptive and reflective capacity. 5th International Conference on Organisational Learning and Knowledge. Lancaster University Management School, 2003.
• Scarbrough H , Laurent S , Bresnen M , Edelman L , SM Newell and Swan JA. Developing the contextual view of project-based learning: analysis of case studies. 19th EGOS Colloquium: Organisation Analysis Informing Social and Global Development. Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, 2003.
• Scarbrough H , Laurent S , Bresnen M , Edelman L , SM Newell and Swan JA. Project Organizations, Embeddedness and Repositories of Knowledge. European Group on Organization Studies Colloquium. Copenhagen, 2003.
• Swan JA , Scarbrough H and Robertson MJ. The construction of communities of practice in the management of innovation. 3rd Critical Management Studies Conference. Lancaster University, 2003.
• Swan JA , Scarbrough H and Robertson MJ. Knowledge, networking and innovation: Developing the process perspective. Academy of Management Conference. Seattle, Washington, USA, 2003.
• Edelman L , Bresnen M , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Drawbacks to utilizing social capital: Empirical evidence from two UK organizations. Democracy in a Knowledge Economy, Showcase Symposium. Academy of Management, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2003.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Developing a process perspective on innovation. Academy of Management Conference. Seattle, USA, 2003.
• Swan JA , Robertson MJ and Scarbrough H. The production of management knowledge in the management of production. Management Knowledge in Time & Space Workshop. Istanbul, 2003.
• Bresnen MJ , Edelman L , Laurent S , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Working report: Project-based learning across industrial sectors. 1st Industrial Participants' Workshop. Warwick Business School, University of Warwick, 2002.
• Scarbrough H. The dark side of social capital. Organizational Knowledge and Learning Capabilities Conference. Athens, 2002.
• Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The darker side of social capital. 3rd European Conference on Organisational Knowledge, Learning and Capabilities. Athens Laboratory of Business Administration, Athens, Greece, 2002.
• Bresnen MJ , Edelman L , Swan JA , Laurent S , Scarbrough H and SM Newell. Cross-sector research on knowledge management practices for project-based learning. European Academy of Management 2nd Annual Conference: Innovative Research in Management. Stockholm, Sweden, 2002.
• Scarbrough H. Knowledge Management for Project-based learning. European Academy of Management Conference. Copenhagen, 2002.
• Scarbrough H. The role of consultants in management fashion. Critical Management Studies seminar. Judge Institute, Cambridge, 2002.
• Scarbrough H. Communities of practice and the politics of networked innovation. EGOS Conference. Barcelona, 2002.
• Bresnen MJ , Edelman L , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Knowledge management for project-based learning in construction. CIB 10th International Symposium: Construction Innovation and Global Competitiveness. University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 2002.
• Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The creation and transfer of intellectual capital: developing a grounded model of project-based learning. Strategic Management Society 22nd Annual International Conference: Old Barriers Crumbling, New Barriers Rising. Paris, France, 2002.
• Scarbrough H. Developing a Grounded Model of Project-based Learning: Human Capital, Social Capital, and Organizational Context. Strategic Management Society Conference. Paris, 2002.
• Bresnen MJ , Edelman L , Laurent S , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Harnessing process and product knowledge in services-oriented innovations: the case of. European Network of Economic and Spatial Service Research 12th International Conference: Services and Innovation. Manchester, 2002.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Knowledge, networking and innovation: Developing the process perspective. IASTED Information and Knowledge Sharing Conference. Virgin Islands, 2002.
• Swan JA , Carter, C, Scarbrough H and Robertson MJ. The Role of Management Consultants in Fashion Setting: A Panel Discussion. Managing Consultants Conference. Lyon, France, 2001.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H , Swan JA and Carter, C. Are consultants fashion setters? The Academy of Management Consulting division international meeting. Lyon, France, 2001.
• Robertson MJ , Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Creating knowledge within expert consultancy firms: The role of organizational and institutional arrangements. 2nd International Conference on Managing Knowledge. Leicester University, UK, 2001.
• Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Cross-project learning in the health-care sector: the need to generate knowledge before knowledge can be transferred. Managing Knowledge: Conversations and Critiques. University of Leicester Management Centre, 2001.
• SM Newell, Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The inevitability of reinvention in project-based learning. The Odyssey of Organising, 17th EGOS Colloquium. E.M. Lyon / Universite Lumiere / University Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, 2001.
• Swan JA , Bresnen MJ , Robertson MJ and Scarbrough H. Professional networks and the fashionisation of knowledge management. The Odyssey of Organising, 17th EGOS Colloquium. E.M. Lyon / Universite Lumiere / University Jean Moulin, Lyon, France, 2001.
• Swan JA , Scarbrough H and SM Newell. Purpose and process: linking knowledge management to innovation. Academy of Management Conference. Washington DC, USA, 2001.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H , Swan JA and SM Newell. Are Management consultants fashion setters? British Academy of Management. Cardiff, 2001.
• Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The paradox of social capital: structural, cognitive and relational dimensions. Reinventing Strategic Management: Old Truths and New Insights, Strategic Management Society 21st Annual International Conference. San Francisco, California, USA, 2001.
• Robertson MJ , Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Creating knowledge within expert consultancy firms: The role of organizational and institutional arrangements. IRIS 2000. University of Trollhattan, Sweden, 2000.
• Swan JA , SM Newell and Scarbrough H. Globalising technologies: An exploratory framework and cases. British Academy of Management Conference. Edinburgh, 2000.
• Bresnen MJ , Eldeman, SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Knowledge Management for cross sector learning: Insights from cross sectoral research in the UK. British Academy of Management Conference. Edinburgh, 2000.
• Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Knowledge management for project-based learning: evidence from a Midlands hospital. Managing Across Boundaries. University of Edinburgh, 2000.
• SM Newell, Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Globalising technologies. APROS. Sydney, Australia, 2000.
• SM Newell, Swan JA , Galliers R D and Scarbrough H. The Intranet as a Knowledge Management Tool? Creating Electronic Fences. Information Resources Management Association International Conference. Hersey, USA, 1999.
• Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge Management: the next fad to forget people? 7th European Conference on Information Systems. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, 1999.
• SM Newell, Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Intranets and Knowledge Management: De-centred technologies and the limits of technological discourse. Critical Management Conference, on web. UMIST, Manchester, 1999.
• D Hislop, SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Boundary Spanning on IT Innovation. Critical Management Conference, on web. UMIST, Manchester, 1999.
• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Knowledge Management and the Fashion Setting Perspective. British Academy of Management Conference. Manchester Metropolitan University, 1999.
• Robertson MJ , Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Innovation within knowledge-intensive firms: A case of who you know and what you know within and across project team working. British Academy of Management. Manchester Metropolitan University, 1999.
• Robertson MJ , Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Creating knowledge within expert consultancy firms: The role of organizational and institutional arrangements. Knowledge and Professional Service Firm Conference. University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1999.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Innovation, knowledge and networking: A comparative study of the role of intra- and inter-organisational networks in innovation processed. 13th European group on Organisation Studies Colloquium. Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, 1997.
• Robertson MJ , Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Innovation and Networking: a comparative study of the role of inter- and intra-organizational networks in innovation processes. European Group for Organization Studies 13th Colloquium. Budapest, 1997.
• D. Hislop, SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Innovation and Networks: linking diffusion and implementation. British Academy of Management, Annual Conference. London, 1997.
• Liff ST and Scarbrough H. Skills Databases and Managerial Thinking. Contrasts and Contradictions in Organisation, 12th EGOS Colloquium. Istanbul, 1995.
• Scarbrough H. Strategic change in financial services: The social construction of strategic IS. Information Technology and Changes in Organizational Work, Proceedings of IFIP WG 8.2 Conference. Cambridge, 1995.
• SM Newell, Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge Management and Intranets: Contradictory outcomes. 32nd Hawaiian International Conference on Systems Sciences. , n.d.
• Edelman L , Bresnen MJ , SM Newell, Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Knowledge Management for Project-based Learning: Evidence from the Midlands Hospital - NHS Trust. British Academy of Management Research Conference. , n.d.
• Swan JA , Bresnen MJ , Robertson MJ and Scarbrough H. The role of professional networks in the diffusion of management fashions: the case of Knowledge Management. Critical Management Conference. Manchester, n.d.
• Swan JA and Scarbrough H. Knowledge, Purpose and Process: Linking Knowledge Management and Innovation. Proceedings of Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. , n.d.
• Edelman L , Bresnen, M., Newell S., Scarbrough H and Swan JA. Satisfaction with project learning and transfer: the role of social and intellectual capital. Organizational Knowledge Learning and Capabilities. Boston USA, n.d.
• Scarbrough H and Swan JA. The journey through practice. British Academy of Management. Oxford, n.d.
• Swan JA , A Goussevskaia, Bresnen, M. and Scarbrough H. Implementing new management initiatives in project-based environments: the role of organizational practices and power dynamics. HICSS. Kauai, Hawaii, n.d.

Working papers

• Amaeshi, K and Scarbrough H. Profiting from Innovation: trust mediated ties and appropriability in knowledge markets. Working Paper (2006).
• Scarbrough H and Amaeshi, K. The enactment of market for ideas in early stage commercialization. Working Paper (2006).
• Scarbrough H and Terry MA. Industrial Relations and the Reorganization of Production in the UK Motor Vehicle Industry: A Study of the Rover Group. Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations (1996).