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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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Iberoamericana: Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2021 Through the case of the Hidroituango hydroelectric plant in Colombia, this article proposes that the implementation of megaprojects constitutes a proprietary device in which the expulsion of populations, damage to ecosystems, and deepening inequality ...
Lina Marín Moreno, Marisela Montenegro
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Risk Management in Megaprojects
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014 Despite its high relevance to the success of megaprojects, risk management remains one of the least developed research issues. Risk management is a process composed of several phases. This paper is focused on the first of these phases: risk identification.
Irimia Diéguez, Ana Isabel +2 more
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THE MEGAPROJECT SPONSOR AS LEADER
South African Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2018 The importance of the sponsor role, including its contribution to the success or failure of a project, is widely recognised in the project management literature. References to the sponsor’s leadership, and the substantial component it represents in the profile of the sponsor, are equally prevalent in the literature reviewed.
Louw, W. +3 more
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Analysis of reasons for cost and time overrun in Indian megaprojects
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 Megaprojects are becoming increasingly common in developing countries. In India, the need for and trend of rapid infrastructure development has resulted in design and implementation of projects of large scope and size, in terms of complexity and costs ...
Mevada Jay, Devkar Ganesh
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Land, 2022 Santa Cruz Verde 2030 is an inner-city megaproject that will transform the local oil refinery into an urban neighborhood in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Marcus Hübscher
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Governing wickedness in megaprojects: discursive and institutional perspectives
Policy & Society, 2023 Megaprojects are now as important as ever. As a response to the pandemic, the European Union has put forward the Next Generation EU policy, making available a 2021–2027 long-term budget of €1.8 trillion to fund projects with ecological and digital ...
Giovanni Esposito, A. Terlizzi
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Megaproject complexity attributes and competences: lessons from IT and construction projects
International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management, 2021 Megaprojects have been associated with persistent underperformance technically, financially, socially and environmentally. This underperformance has been attributed to the inherent complexity attributes and the gaps in the form of the mismatch in the ...
Maxwell Nyarirangwe +1 more
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MATEC Web of Conferences, 2017 The paper deals with the specific features of megaprojects. Problems related to real estate reproduction in the course of construction megaprojects implementation were analyzed.
Orlov Alexandr K.
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