dc.contributor.author | Juarez Cornelio, Jose Rodrigo | |
dc.contributor.author | Sainati, Tristano | |
dc.contributor.author | Locatelli, Giorgio | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-15T13:15:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-05-15T13:15:26Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-09-01T10:07:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Project Management. 2023, 41 (6), . | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0263-7863 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3130572 | |
dc.description.abstract | The pressure to complete Infrastructure Megaprojects (IMs) is enormous; once started, IMs are commonly considered too costly to be stopped. Still, despite this widespread belief, several IMs are terminated during delivery/construction. Notwithstanding its empirical and theoretical relevance, few studies investigate IMs termination during delivery/construction. This paper aims to develop further the “reverse escalation of commitment” theory which sense-makes the termination of IMs. We take a critical confrontation of the existing literature addressing two questions: (1) Why are IMs terminated during delivery/construction? and (2) How does the project termination process occur in IMs? By analysing 30 unfinished IMs, we identified the six determinants for IMs termination, contributing to the development of reverse-escalation of commitment theory by providing a processual perspective of the four most common patterns leading to IMs termination. Finally, we provide a checklist for identifying key elements leading to IMs termination. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Handelshøyskolen BI | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.subject | Complex projects | en_US |
dc.subject | Decision-making | en_US |
dc.subject | Theory building | en_US |
dc.subject | Critical confrontation | en_US |
dc.subject | Cancellation | en_US |
dc.title | Digging in the megaproject's graveyard: Why do megaprojects die, and how to check their health? | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Digging in the megaproject's graveyard: Why do megaprojects die, and how to check their health? | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | The Authors | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 16 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 41 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Project Management | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 6 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ijproman.2023.102501 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2171556 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |