The strategic management of large engineering projects
Subtitle: shaping institutions, risks, and governance
By: Roger Miller and Donald Lessard ; with the participation of Serghei Floricel and the IMEC Research Group.
Contributors: Lessard, Donald R.; IMEC Research Group.
Publisher: [MIT Press]
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Mass.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Engineering -- Management.; Construction industry -- Management.
Description: "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.".

"The book is based on an international research project that analyzed sixty LEPs, among them the Boston Harbor cleanup; a subway 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 relationships between institutions and strategy, risk management, and corporate governance in general."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-230) and index.