Global projects : institutional and political challenges / editors, W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, W. Richard, editor.

Levitt, Raymond E., editor.

Orr, Ryan J., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infrastructure (Economics)--Developing countries.

Infrastructure (Economics).

Economic development projects--Developing countries.

Economic development projects.

Public-private sector cooperation--Developing countries.

Public-private sector cooperation.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 452 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Preface / Raymond E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr

Introduction: studying global projects / W. Richard Scott

Part I. Foundational Themes: 1. Global projects: distinguishing features, drivers, and challenges / Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, Karlos Artto, and Jaakko Kujala; 2. The institutional environment of global projects / W. Richard Scott; 3. Social movements and the growth in opposition to global projects / Doug McAdam

Part II. Institutional Differences and Global Projects: Empirical Studies: 4. Rules versus results: sources and resolution of institutional conflicts on Indian Metro Railway projects / Ashwin Mahalingam, Raymond E. Levitt, and W. Richard Scott; 5. Institutional exceptions on global projects: a process model / Ryan J. Orr and W. Richard Scott; 6. Local embeddedness of firms and strategies for dealing with uncertainty in global projects / Ryan J. Orr and Raymond E. Levitt; 7. Who needs to know what? Institutional knowledge and global projects / Amy Javernick-Will and W. Richard Scott

Part III. Political Conflicts and Global Projects: 8. "Site fights": explaining opposition to pipeline projects in the developing world / Doug McAdam, Hilary Schaffer Boudet, Jennifer Davis, Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, and Raymond E. Levitt; 9. To talk or to fight? Effects of strategic, cultural, and institutional factors on renegotiation approaches in public-private concessions / Henry Chan and Raymond E. Levitt

Part IV. Governance Strategies and Structures: 10. Network-based strategies and competencies for political and social risk management in global projects / Witold J. Henisz; 11. Organizations enabling public-private partnerships: an organization field approach / Stephen F. Jooste and W. Richard Scott.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 403-448) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22113-7

1-139-09761-X

1-283-30702-2

9786613307026

1-139-10345-8

0-511-79253-0

1-139-10099-8

1-139-10165-X

1-139-09896-9

1-139-09965-5

OCLC:

769342093