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The strategic management of large engineering projects, shaping institutions, risks, and governance, Roger Miller and Donald Lessard ; with the participation of Serghei Floricel and the IMEC Research Group

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"As the number, complexity, and scope of large engineering projects (LEPs) increase worldwide, the huge stakes may endanger the survival of corporations and threaten the stability of countries that approach these projects unprepared. According to the authors, the "front-end" engineering of institutional arrangements and strategic systems is a far greater determinant of an LEP's success than are the more tangible aspects of project engineering and management.The book is based on an international research project that analyzed sixty LEPs, among them the Boston Harbor cleanup; the first phase of subway construction in Ankara, Turkey; a hydro dam on the Caroni River in Venezuela; and the construction of offshore oil platforms west of Flor, Norway. The authors use the research results to develop an experience-based theoretical framework that will allow managers to understand and respond to the complexity and uncertainty inherent in all LEPs. In addition to managers and scholars of large-scale projects, the book will be of interest to those studying the relationship between institutions and strategy, risk management, and corporate governance in general."

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The strategic management of large engineering projects

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Roger Miller and Donald Lessard ; with the participation of Serghei Floricel and the IMEC Research Group

shaping institutions, risks, and governance

The IMEC Research Group -- The IMEC Research Program -- 1. Public Goods and Private Strategies: Making Sense of Project Performance / Roger Miller and Donald Lessard -- 2. Transformations in Arrangements for Shaping and Delivering Engineering Projects / Roger Miller and Serghei Floricel -- 3. Mapping and Facing the Landscape of Risks / Donald Lessard and Roger Miller -- 4. Project Shaping as a Competitive Advantage / Roger Miller and Xavier Olleros -- 5. Strategic Systems and Templates / Serghei Floricel and Roger Miller -- 6. Building Governability into Project Structures / Roger Miller and Serghei Floricel -- 7. Transforming Institutions / Pascale Michaud and Donald Lessard -- 8. The Financing of Large Engineering Projects / Richard Brealey, Ian Cooper and Michel Habib -- 9. Partnering Alliances for Project Design and Execution / Brian Hobbs and Bjorn Andersen -- 10. Rising to the Challenge of Evolving High-Stakes Games / Roger Miller and Donald Lessard -- App. A. Short Description of the Sixty Projects Studied in the IMEC Program -- App. B. Attendees at the IMEC Forums in Montreal, Poitiers, and James Bay