Global Projects :
Global Projects : Institutional and Political Challenges /
editors, W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- xix, 452 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-448) and index.
Preface / Introduction: studying global projects / Foundational Themes: Global projects: distinguishing features, drivers, and challenges / The institutional environment of global projects / Social movements and the growth in opposition to global projects / Institutional Differences and Global Projects: Empirical Studies: Rules versus results: sources and resolution of institutional conflicts on Indian Metro Railway projects / Institutional exceptions on global projects: a process model / Local embeddedness of firms and strategies for dealing with uncertainty in global projects / Who needs to know what? Institutional knowledge and global projects / Political Conflicts and Global Projects: "Site fights": explaining opposition to pipeline projects in the developing world / To talk or to fight? Effects of strategic, cultural, and institutional factors on renegotiation approaches in public-private concessions / Governance Strategies and Structures: Network-based strategies and competencies for political and social risk management in global projects / Organizations enabling public-private partnerships: an organization field approach / Raymond E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr -- W. Richard Scott -- Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, Karlos Artto, and Jaakko Kujala; W. Richard Scott; Doug McAdam -- Ashwin Mahalingam, Raymond E. Levitt, and W. Richard Scott; Ryan J. Orr and W. Richard Scott; Ryan J. Orr and Raymond E. Levitt; Amy Javernick-Will and W. Richard Scott -- Doug McAdam, Hilary Schaffer Boudet, Jennifer Davis, Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, and Raymond E. Levitt; Henry Chan and Raymond E. Levitt -- Witold J. Henisz; Stephen F. Jooste and W. Richard Scott. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. Part IV. 10. 11.
"As the world's population continues to grow, there is an ever increasing need for huge investment in basic infrastructure: water and sewage, energy production and distribution, transportation and telecommunication. At the same time, infrastructure systems in developed countries are deteriorating and in need of renewal. Today, many of the engineering and economic problems surrounding infrastructure construction projects have been solved, but the threat of social misalignments and political conflicts renders the development and management of such projects more challenging than ever before. This book presents a new theoretical framework that allows us to analyze the institutional and social movement processes, both negative and positive, that surround global infrastructure projects as they confront cross-national and cross-sectoral (such as private-public partnerships) institutional differences. The value of this framework is illustrated through a series of studies on a wide range of infrastructure projects, including roads, railroads, ports, airports, water supply and energy pipelines"--
9781107004924 (hardback) 1107004926 (hardback) 9780521181907 (paperback) 0521181909 (paperback)
Infrastructure (Economics)--Developing countries.
Economic development projects--Developing countries.
Public-private sector cooperation--Developing countries.
International cooperation.
338.90091724 / GLO
Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-448) and index.
Preface / Introduction: studying global projects / Foundational Themes: Global projects: distinguishing features, drivers, and challenges / The institutional environment of global projects / Social movements and the growth in opposition to global projects / Institutional Differences and Global Projects: Empirical Studies: Rules versus results: sources and resolution of institutional conflicts on Indian Metro Railway projects / Institutional exceptions on global projects: a process model / Local embeddedness of firms and strategies for dealing with uncertainty in global projects / Who needs to know what? Institutional knowledge and global projects / Political Conflicts and Global Projects: "Site fights": explaining opposition to pipeline projects in the developing world / To talk or to fight? Effects of strategic, cultural, and institutional factors on renegotiation approaches in public-private concessions / Governance Strategies and Structures: Network-based strategies and competencies for political and social risk management in global projects / Organizations enabling public-private partnerships: an organization field approach / Raymond E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr -- W. Richard Scott -- Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, Karlos Artto, and Jaakko Kujala; W. Richard Scott; Doug McAdam -- Ashwin Mahalingam, Raymond E. Levitt, and W. Richard Scott; Ryan J. Orr and W. Richard Scott; Ryan J. Orr and Raymond E. Levitt; Amy Javernick-Will and W. Richard Scott -- Doug McAdam, Hilary Schaffer Boudet, Jennifer Davis, Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, and Raymond E. Levitt; Henry Chan and Raymond E. Levitt -- Witold J. Henisz; Stephen F. Jooste and W. Richard Scott. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. Part IV. 10. 11.
"As the world's population continues to grow, there is an ever increasing need for huge investment in basic infrastructure: water and sewage, energy production and distribution, transportation and telecommunication. At the same time, infrastructure systems in developed countries are deteriorating and in need of renewal. Today, many of the engineering and economic problems surrounding infrastructure construction projects have been solved, but the threat of social misalignments and political conflicts renders the development and management of such projects more challenging than ever before. This book presents a new theoretical framework that allows us to analyze the institutional and social movement processes, both negative and positive, that surround global infrastructure projects as they confront cross-national and cross-sectoral (such as private-public partnerships) institutional differences. The value of this framework is illustrated through a series of studies on a wide range of infrastructure projects, including roads, railroads, ports, airports, water supply and energy pipelines"--
9781107004924 (hardback) 1107004926 (hardback) 9780521181907 (paperback) 0521181909 (paperback)
Infrastructure (Economics)--Developing countries.
Economic development projects--Developing countries.
Public-private sector cooperation--Developing countries.
International cooperation.
338.90091724 / GLO