Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects Shaping Institutions, Risks and Governance

Name: Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects Shaping Institutions, Risks and Governance
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ISBN: 9780262122368

ISBN-10: 0262122367

ISBN-13: 9780262122368

Edition: 2000

Authors: Roger Miller, Donald R. Lessard

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As the number, complexity, and scope of large engineering projects (LEPs) increase worldwide, the huge stakes may endanger the survival of corporations and threaten the stability of countries that approach these projects unprepared. According to the authors, the "front-end" engineering of institutional arrangements and strategic systems is a far greater determinant of an LEP's success than are the more tangible aspects of project engineering and management. The book is based on an international research project that analyzed sixty LEPs, among them the Boston Harbor cleanup; the first phase of subway construction in Ankara, Turkey; a hydro dam on the Caroni River in Venezuela; and the…

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List price: $46.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 3/12/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 252
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Tables


List of Figures


The IMEC Research Group


The IMEC Research Program


List of Abbreviations


Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Public Goods and Private Strategies: Making Sense of Project Performance




Transformations in Arrangements for Shaping and Delivering Engineering Projects




Mapping and Facing the Landscape of Risks




Project Shaping as a Competitive Advantage




Strategic Systems and Templates




Building Governability into Project Structures




Transforming Institutions




The Financing of Large Engineering Projects




Partnering Alliances for Project Design and Execution




Rising to the Challenge of Evolving High-Stakes Games




Short Description of the Sixty Projects Studied in the IMEC Program



Attendees at the IMEC Forums in Montreal, Poitiers, and James Bay


References


Index