Search for dissertations about: "Mega-project"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word Mega-project.

  2. 1. Project management ontology : the organizational learning perspective

    Author : Heli Aramo-Immonen; Kaj U. Koskinen; Jari Palomäki; Finland Tampere Tampere University of Technology; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mega-project; project learning; organizational learning; systems thinking; activity theory; management ontology;

    Abstract : In a recent interview with the Financial Times, the chief executive of Royal Dutch Shell, Mr. Jeroen van der Veer, said he “keeps faith in ‘elephant’ projects” referring to the Russian gas mega-project that Shell had fallen eight months behind schedule with and had cost overruns twice the original estimate. Mr. READ MORE

  4. 2. Justifying mega-projects : An analysis of the Swedish high-speed rail project

    Author : Erik Ronnle; Företagsekonomiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transport policy; decision making; cost-benefit analysis; narrative; mega-projects;

    Abstract : Mega-projects are a growing phenomenon worldwide. More and more projects are started and they grow ever bigger in size. At the same time, there is overwhelming evidence that mega-projects tend to run late, overrun in terms of costs and fail to deliver the expected benefits. READ MORE

  5. 3. Security Controversies along the LAPSSET Infrastructure Corridor in Kenya

    Author : Benard Kilaka; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LAPSSET; mega infrastructure project; controversy; security practices; political relations; critical infrastructure protection; northern Kenya; Turkana; Lamu; pragmatic sociology; critical institutionalism;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis accounts for the changing political relations between different actors in northern Kenya through a focus on controversies emerging from the securing of the LAPS-SET mega project. READ MORE

  6. 4. Organizing boundaries in early phases of product development : The case of an interorganizational vehicle platform project setting

    Author : Thommie Burström; Nils Wåhlin; Jessica Eriksson; Johan Packendorff; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : organizing; projects; boundaries; boundary-actors; activities; objects; tensions;

    Abstract : This dissertation concerns the development of a new interorganizational vehicle platform in the truck industry. The studied project setting was large, and can be referred to as a mega project. READ MORE