The Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects: Shaping Institutions, Risks, and Governance - Brossura

Miller, Roger; Lessard, Donald R.

 
9780262526982: The Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects: Shaping Institutions, Risks, and Governance
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ISBN 10: 0262526980 ISBN 13: 9780262526982
Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2001

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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 construction of offshore oil platforms west of Flor, Norway.

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 construction of offshore oil platforms west of Flor, Norway. The authors use the research results to develop an experience-based theoretical framework that will allow managers to understand and respond to the complexity and uncertainty inherent in all LEPs. In addition to managers and scholars of large-scale projects, the book will be of interest to those studying the relationship between institutions and strategy, risk management, and corporate governance in general.

Contributors
Bjorn Andersen, Richard Brealey, Ian Cooper, Serghei Floricel, Michel Habib, Brian Hobbs, Donald R. Lessard, Pascale Michaud, Roger Miller, Xavier Olleros

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Informazioni sull?autore

Roger Miller is Jarilowsky Professor of Technological Innovation and Competitiveness in the Department of Mathematics and Engineering at the École Polytechnique Montréal.

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Editore
Mit Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2001
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0262526980
ISBN 13 
9780262526982
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
259
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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Germania

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

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ISBN 10:  0262122367 ISBN 13:  9780262122368
Casa editrice: Mit Pr, 2001
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