Dr Violina Ratcheva, MA, MPhil, Phd

Lecturer in Strategic Management Room:  Mappin Street 313b Phone: 0114 22 23358 Fax: 0114 22 23348 Email: v.ratcheva@shef.ac.uk

Violina joined the Management School in 2003. Prior to this appointment Violina worked as a lecturer in entrepreneurship at the University of Nottingham, researcher in European Business and research fellow in growing SMEs at the Nottingham Trent University. Violina has been previously involved in various funded research projects investigating regional networks of SMEs. Her main research interests are in the area of knowledge creation and transfer in new forms of organisations. Violina´s current research is focussing on the learning practices and knowledge transfer mechanisms in temporary organisations in the UK Film Industry.

Violina teaches in the areas of enterprise strategy and enterprise microeconomics.

Selected Recent Publications

Ratcheva, V. (2009), "Integrating Diverse Knowledge through Boundary Spanning Processes – The Case of Multidisciplinary Project Teams", International Journal of Project Management (forthcoming).

Ratcheva, V. (2008), "The Knowledge Advantage of Virtual Teams", Journal of General Management, (forthcoming).

Huggins, R., Demirbag, M. & Ratcheva, V. (2007), "Global Knowledge and R&D Foreign Direct Investment Flows: Recent Patterns in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America", International Review of Applied Economics, Vol. 21, No. 3.

Ratcheva, V. (2006), "Creating Synergetic Knowledge in Virtual Partnerships", International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Vol. 2.

Ratcheva, V., (2005), "Exploring Diversity in Multidisciplinary Teams", In Integration of Information and Communication Technologies in Smart Organisations, Ed. I. Mezgar, IGP, Sage Publications, pp. 136 - 159

Ratcheva, V., (2003), "Enabling Process of Sharing Knowledge in Virtual Business Relationships", International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, Special issue on "Organising Knowledge", Vol. 1, No.4.

Ratcheva, V., (2003), "Communicated Knowledge in Electronically Enabled Business Interactions", In Knowledge Management: Current Issues and Challenges" , Ed. E. Coanes, IRM Press, Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 226 - 238.

Ratcheva, V., (2002), "A Dynamic Perspective on Knowledge Creation in Virtual Teams – In a Search for New Insights", In Knowledge and Information Technology Management: Human and Social Perspectives, Ed. A. Gunasekaran, Idea Group Publishing, Hershey, PA, USA, pp. 145 – 168.

Ratcheva, V., (2001), "Exploring Team Formation Processes in Virtual Partnerships", International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management Vol. 12, No. 7, pp. 512-524.

Ratcheva, V., (2001), "The Challenges of Virtual Partnerships - Critical Success Factors in the Formation of Inter-Organisational Teams", Artificial Intelligence and Society, Vol. 15, January, pp. 99-116.