International Journal of Managing Projects in Business: Volume 12 Issue 3

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The project managers’ challenges in a projectification environment

Luis Ballesteros-Sánchez, Isabel Ortiz-Marcos, Rocío Rodríguez-Rivero

The purpose of this paper is to identify and investigate the main challenges that project managers (PMs) face in the current projectification environment.

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Projectification: The forgotten variable in the internationalization of firms’ innovation processes?

Christophe Midler

The last few decades have seen the rapid emergence of two transformative streams in large firms. The first is the development of project management, aimed at improving the…

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The concept of organisational projectification: past, present and beyond?

Harvey Maylor, Virpi Turkulainen

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the past 25 years of the research on projectification, focusing especially on organisational aspects of projectification, as well as to…

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The European Union’s multi-level impact on member state projectification in light of neoinstitutional theory

Beata Jałocha

The purpose of this paper is to understand how has the European Union (EU) funding influenced projectification of the Polish public sector. The projectification of the public…

Projectification in Iceland measured – a comparison of two methods

Helgi Thor Ingason, Thordur V. Fridgeirsson, Haukur Ingi Jonasson

The purpose of this paper is to improve the methodology of assessing the importance of projects in a national economy. The subject of study is projectification in the Icelandic…

Lifecycle-oriented framing of value at the front end of infrastructure projects

Miia Maarit Martinsuo, Lauri Vuorinen, Catherine Killen

Infrastructure projects are expected to deliver value to their stakeholders long after completion. Project value is multi-dimensional and subjective and evolves over the project…

Investigating collective sensemaking of a major project success

Maude Brunet, Daniel Forgues

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a case of collective sensemaking about the project success of the multifunctional amphitheater of Quebec (Canada).

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Top government hands-on megaproject management: the case of Istanbul’s grand airport

Fatih Eren

The purpose of this paper is to explore top government hands-on megaproject management model applied to Istanbul’s new airport megaproject. The study aims to find an answer to…

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Managing the unexpected in megaprojects: riding the waves of resilience

Andreas G.M. Nachbagauer, Iris Schirl-Boeck

Risk management and uncertainty in megaprojects is a flourishing topic in project management, while the unexpected is still a neglected matter. The purpose of this paper is to…

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Developing the resilient project professional: examining the student experience

Michelle Turner, Christina Scott-Young, Sarah Holdsworth

Resilience development during university can increase the likelihood of positive employment outcomes for project management graduates in what is known as a stressful profession…

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Managing differences, interaction, and partnership quality in global inter-firm relationships: An empirical analysis on offshore IT outsourcing

Yogi Yusuf Wibisono, Rajesri Govindaraju, Dradjad Irianto, Iman Sudirman

The purpose of this paper is to develop and to empirically test a model that explains how managing differences between an information technology (IT) provider and an overseas…

Governing major transformation portfolios in practice: illustrations from the UK central government

Dicle Kortantamer

The purpose of this paper is to examine major transformation portfolio governing practices. Previous research focuses on the structure of project portfolio governance and is…

Do steering committees really steer?

Stephen Keith McGrath, Stephen Jonathan Whitty

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the confusion among project management practitioners about the role of steering committees.

A systemic inquiry into the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects

Bonga Ntshangase, Nien-Tsu Tuan

The purpose of this paper is to explore the delay factors in South African electrical distribution projects and demonstrate the interlaced relationship between the identified…

Loan tenor in project finance

Wouter Thierie, Lieven De Moor

The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding of the debt structuring of project finance (PF) loans and the main drivers affecting the maturity of bank loans in…

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ISSN:

1753-8378

Online date, start – end:

2008

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Nathalie Drouin