International Project Management - Science topic

Some RG projects were archived and can be found at e.g. this link:

A Peter Drucker is not born every day, given the life pressure he received.

I have also to mention Israel Kirzner, the mother of modern entrepreneurship.

The future of international business is great as well as related research, look at my publications on entrepreneurship.

Just look at Chinese research; the West is becoming state controlled.

I am tempted to say: karma-darma (and vs.).

Some of the papers I read which mention "contingency theory" (15% of the papers in my personal Mendeley database) seem to use this as a kind of disclaimer. On the other hand, it's certainly a lens a critical observer must use. E.g. Müller: "... contingency theory explains the reciprocal determination of OPM elements (i.e., their positing against each other) by ... "

I perform research on ideal characteristics of members of project steering committees. Based on papers the ideal characteristics might vary on a lot of contingencies (project phase, complexity, degree of outsourcing, level of projectification etc). I will have the same issue as the other papers. I might be able to add one of two independent variables in the research. But more would make at least the quantitative part undoable.

I am not sure that the field is underexplored. Just that due to practical reasons only a few variables will be taken into account in at least quantitative studies. Could you explain with what you mean by "underexplored"? And what is "the field" or is it more a lens for research?

For me in my practitioner life what contingency theory brings: if you state there is one best solution, you should be very carefull in proving that.

Dear Abhishek, you could check the latest issues of project management journals and topics at PM conferences to see what are current topics of interest in the field. From that develop an own idea. You could take examples of internationally working organisations or even try to get a topic directly from such organisation. I personally think that knowledge management in international projects is a very interesting topic and is worth further research.

Please  let me share a simple technique I have applied successfully in the writing of project proposals.

Project plans are written to address needs according to the level necessity.

Having 3 pressing needs means 3 project plans, within which new ideas are journaled  hoping for future use.

You can hence, research for information, concentrate on the more important and then focus one with the highest projected output.  for satisfaction.