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Using megaproject performance outcomes to enhance decision-making behaviours in civil engineering graduates [PDF]
, 2019 A comprehensive review of megaproject performance propositioned the issues leading to project failure as behavioral. Project failure linked cost overruns and schedule delays to acts of delusion and deception, citing the ability to learn lessons, and the ...
Lester, Danielle, Torero, Jose
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THE GOVERNANCE PARADOX IN MEGAPROJECTS [PDF]
, 2013 This research explores a theoretical and practical paradox in megaprojects. According to transaction cost economics (Williamson, 1975) high uncertainty, high asset specificity, situated knowledge and the high frequency of transactions associated with megaprojects should drive managers to internalise resources.
Arena, Lise, Molloy, Eamonn
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Industrial Megaprojects: Concepts, strategies and practices for success [PDF]
, 2016 This is a review of a recent book on Megaprojects written by an experienced practitioner and researcher of megaprojects who has been writing about them over the last three decades. It focuses on industrial megaprojects covering mainly megaprojects in the
Sankaran, Shankar
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Impact of Control and Trust on Megaproject Success: The Mediating Role of Social Exchange Norms
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2019 Trust and control are the two main governance mechanisms in megaprojects. However, the role of social exchange norms in trust and control governance remains unclear.
Dedong Wang, Shaoze Fang, Hongwei Fu
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The human security dimension of China’s Belt and Road Initiative [PDF]
, 2017 Despite the geopolitical calculations associated with China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and how this will allow Beijing greater influence in transregional relations, the human security dimension goes to the heart of China’s wider regional strategy.
Dellios, Rosita, Ferguson, R. James
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Управленческие науки, 2018 The modern imperatives of the social and economic development of our country brought to the forefront the determination of the conceptual approaches to the long- and medium-term national development programs.
Yu. S. Bogachev +2 more
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Buildings, 2023 At present, the number of megaprojects in China is rapidly increasing, with multiple projects ranked as the world’s highest. To showcase the theoretical and practical achievements of China’s megaprojects to the world, a visual analysis was carried out ...
Jiyong Ding, Guiyu Zhang, Meng Sun
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Owner challenges on major projects: The case of UK government [PDF]
, 2020 Many studies agree that owner organisations are important for successful project organising, but they tend to focus on particular aspects of project organising rather than providing a holistic analysis of owners as organisations.
Cha, J., Cha, J., Winch, G., Winch, G.
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PESTOL - Framework for «Project Evaluation on Strategic, Tactical and Operational Levels»
International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 2016 The paper focuses on the development of the ex-post conceptual holistic framework for Project Evaluation on Strategic, Tactical and Operational Levels, the PESTOL model, by reviewing different definitions of project success and/or failure and combining ...
Youcef Zidane +4 more
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