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(Éco)tourisme en Haïti : le cas du mégaprojet Destination Île à Vache
Téoros, 2022 This paper questions the “Destination Île à Vache” tourism megaproject that claims to be (eco)touristic. We argue that the implementation in Île à Vache (Haiti) of this megaproject is rather contradictory to the theoretical foundations of ecotourism and ...
Walner Osna
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Climbing to the top: Personal life stories on becoming megaproject leaders
Project Leadership and Society, 2023 This paper captures a better understanding of the career development of people leading megaprojects through the use of biographical research method. The characteristics of megaprojects cause serious and diverse challenges for their leaders, but programs ...
Alfons van Marrewijk +3 more
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The Cultural Ecosystem of Megaprojects: The Interconnectedness of Organizational Elements and their Wider Institutional Contexts [PDF]
, 2014 In the multi-layered structure of megaprojects, organizational cultures emerge within different temporary multi-organizational teams (TMOs) responsible for execution.
Kusuma, I
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From Hurricane Irma to the Grindavík eruptions: volatility premiums in disaster governance
Disasters, Volume 50, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Environmental volatility can inflate property values even as it destroys them. To show how, this article pairs a postcolonial micro‐state in the Caribbean (Sint Maarten after Hurricane Irma) with a Nordic welfare town (Grindavík in Iceland following volcanic eruptions) because they occupy the opposite ends of the governance capacity spectrum ...
Thor Björnsson
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Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles, 2019 The inner-city oil refinery in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, has been shaping the city’s urbanism as an employer, but also as a polluter and a physical barrier for more than 80 years. The megaproject Santa Cruz Verde 2030 aims at transforming this area
Marcus Hübscher
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Thunderbird International Business Review, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 177-190, March/April 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamics of alpine resorts and their evolution in international marketing. International marketing is a complex process involving different actors across borders. The literature has often examined marketing at specific points in time.
Chihiro Nakayama
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Taming the ‘trolls’ : major public projects in the making [PDF]
, 2015 Major projects are not yet sufficiently understood, and practices in project governance and project management do not yet reflect the current state of knowledge of large, complex projects.
Klakegg, Ole Jonny +2 more
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Devouring the Invaders: The Racial‐Ecological Politics of the Chinese Crayfish Trade in Kenya
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 1, Page 183-194, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines entanglements of ecology, race, and foodways at Lake Naivasha in Kenya. Nonnative Louisiana red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), first introduced to Kenya in the 1960s, were once viewed as invasive but are now sought after as a delicacy among Kenya's Chinese community.
Amanda Kaminsky
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The megaproject effect. Entrepreneurship during the decision-making process of Maasvlakte II (1993-2008). [PDF]
, 2014 __Abstract__ In 1969, the Municipal Port Management of Rotterdam (hereinafter: the Port Management) proposed the first concrete ideas for an expansion of the port by Maasvlakte II.
Koppenol, D.M. (Dirk)
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Project Management Evolution to Improve Success in Infrastructure Projects
Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, 2017 This document provides an overview of the infrastructure megaproject industry (IMPI), the financial implications of cost and schedule overruns, and the trend towards the future impacts these may have on the global infrastructure sphere.
Crystal COLE
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