International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 8 Issue 3

Assessing the quality of collaboration towards the achievement of Sustainable Energy Innovation in PFI school projects

Sulafa M. Badi, Stephen D Pryke

The purpose of this paper is to examine the quality of collaboration towards Sustainable Energy Innovation (SEI) in Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects. While the capacity…

Transaction cost analysis of public infrastructure delivery

Steven De Schepper, Elvira Haezendonck, Michaël Dooms

The purpose of this paper is to offer a systematic assessment of the magnitude of transaction costs of public infrastructure delivery, based on the three attributes of transaction…

Framework for enhanced third-party relationships in project networks

Rami Sariola, Miia Maarit Martinsuo

This paper investigates third-party relationships in project networks in the construction industry and seeks increased understanding on how such relationships can be strengthened…

Project management and leadership education facilitated as projects

Arthur W. Shelley

The purpose of this paper is to share the experiences and reflections of delivering postgraduate project management (PM) education by structuring the courses as projects with…

Use of big data in project evaluations

Nils O.E. Olsson, Heidi Bull-Berg

– The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Big Data can be used in project evaluations.

Top management support in software cost estimation: A study of attitudes and practice in Finland

Jurka Rahikkala, Ville Leppänen, Jukka Ruohonen, Johannes Holvitie

A cost estimate is considered to have a high impact on software project success. Because of this, different methodologies for creating an accurate estimate have been studied over…

Emergence of common tacit knowledge in an international IT project: A case study between Japan and Singapore

Miwa Nishinaka, Katsuhiro Umemoto, Youji Kohda

The purpose of this paper is to examine knowledge processes in an international IT outsourcing project between two countries when knowledge is transferred from one country to the…

Inclusion of strategic management theories to project management

David W. Parker, Nicholas Parsons, Fitri Isharyanto

The purpose of this paper is to explore the benefits of integrating the theory of constraints (TOC), resources-based theory (RBT), resource advantage theory (RAT), with a…

Economical information and communication design for multi-national projects

Stephen Fox, Stefan Grösser

The purpose of this paper is to inform information and communication design (ICD) for multi-national projects through the presentation of an example that does not rely on…

Influence of ethical behaviors in corporate governance

Eduardo V. Lopez, Alicia Medina

The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of key aspects of a recently defended PhD thesis. It enables readers who may be interested in the thesis topic to gain an…

Managing the Urgent and Unexpected: Twelve Project Cases and a Commentary

Derek Walker

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