... Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Megaproject performance Hybrid governance Power Trust Cost performance Tianjin Social Science Foundation Project TJGL23-008 Funding: This work was supported by Tianjin Social Science...

...Sen Wang; Heap-Yih Chong; Wei Zhang; Xin Xia; Yang Liu Purpose The performance dilemma of megaprojects remains a challenge. However, existing research on megaproject performance (MP) mostly ignored the role of network embeddedness. In particular, the effects of dual network embeddedness across...

.... Findings Results show that exploratory MI has a U-shaped relationship with megaproject performance; whereas exploitative MI has an inverted U-shaped relationship with megaproject performance. The TMT promotion focus has a positive effect on exploratory and exploitative MI; and the TMT prevention focus has...

...Wensheng Lin; Guangbin Wang; Yan Ning; Qiuwen Ma; Shuyuan Dai Purpose Megaproject performance measurement (MPM) has received great attention in the project management community, but it primarily focused on the design of performance measures or frameworks. Yet, whether MPM utilization can improve...

...Jin Xue; Geoffrey Qiping Shen; Rebecca Jing Yang; Irfan Zafar; E.M.A.C. Ekanayake; Xue Lin; Amos Darko Purpose The purpose of this research is to seek better relational strategies between formal and informal stakeholder relationships to improve megaproject performance. Design/methodology...