MATURE has conducted a large-scale empirical study as part of the second year with 139 interviews from companies in various business sectors and countries in Europe (and beyond, e.g., in China). The goal was to deepen the understanding of real world maturing practices and barriers to knowledge maturing. Towards that end, MATURE project members have engaged in conversations about knowledge maturing phases, activities, indicators, and barriers. The resulting data was analyzed in a mixed method approach, combining qualitative and quantitative data. 

The empirical study team has now produced a concise summary of the study results:

A more extensive documentation of the results is available in the results section of the web site. Here you will also find  

Contact us if you want to know more about the study and its approach:

• General contact and quantitative analysis: Ronald Maier, University of Innsbruck (ronald.maier@uibk.ac.at)
• Qualitative data analysis and story telling: Alan Brown, University of Warwick (alan.brown@warwick.ac.uk) and Christine Kunzmann (kunzmann@fzi.de)