Search for dissertations about: "mega projects"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words mega projects.

2. 1. Managing Mega technological projects : The case of the defence industry and Network Centric Warfare projects

   Author : Lars Löfgren; Institut Polytechnique de Paris; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Försvarssystem; Systems science for defence and security;

   Abstract : This thesis project consists of acomparative work on three different militarymegaprojects regarding Network CentricWarfare, in three different countries: theUnited States, France and Sweden. The aim ofthe comparison is to find similarities anddifferences with respect to why, and if, theprojects failed, or are failing, and if they failed - to what extent. 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. 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

6. 4. 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

7. 5. Critical Infrastructure at the Dawn of a Techno-Organizational Shift : Accountability and Public-Private Governance

   Author : Lindy Newlove-Eriksson; Thomas Sandberg; Jan Hallenberg; Staffan Furusten; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accountability; Critical Infrastructure; Public-Private Governance; Industriell ekonomi och organisation; Industrial Economics and Management;

   Abstract : How public-private governance affects accountability for safety in the realm of critical infrastructure is the focus of this doctoral thesis. Case studies of previously under-researched crises and their cascading affects across infrastructures and governance systems, comparative analysis of public-private governance (PPG) of infrastructures such as space and urban rail junctions, and analysis of wider sets of policies and doctrine pertaining to critical infrastructures and their governance are presented. READ MORE