We examine how capabilities emerge in repeated interorganizational projects
and how they affect project development. A multifaceted understanding of
project capabilities in interorganizational projects is important, because
project management research emphasizes capabilities’ contribution to project
performance, but has also stressed their tendency to grow rigid. We review the
literature on interorganizational project collaboration to identify the
foundations and drivers of project capabilities in project networks and to
outline their potentially ambiguous consequences. Our systematic overview of
these studies provides a basis for further empirical research and project
management practice