...Kari-Pekka Tampio; Harri Haapasalo; Jere Lehtinen Purpose The research problem in this study is how a client (as a project owner) should organise early stakeholder involvement and integration in the front-end phase of a project. This study aims to create normative managerial statements...

...Rajenlall Siriram Purpose The objective of this research is to explore integration and transition activities in large industrial projects. The purpose is to (a) obtain a better understanding of the integration and transition activities between the project front-end (FE) and project initiation...

... Commitment Integration Competency Construction supply chain Supply chains are omnipresent; however, the nature of supply chain in the construction industry has not been yet revealed. There are notable reasons which make the construction supply chain (CSC) as a challenging and interesting...

... as a subfield to management studies. Project management Project planning Project systems Time Integration Project manager Metronome I remember when I started my post‐graduate studies in strategic management in the mid‐1990s. Back then Henry Mintzberg was an icon in the field of strategy...

...Johanna Liinamaa; Magnus Gustafsson Purpose It has been argued that systems integration plays a central role when a company supplies complex technical and engineering intensive industrial projects. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the importance of customer integration as part of systems...

... of information about interdependent M&A critical success factors, such as the following: Kersti Nogeste can be contacted at: knogeste@projectexpertise.com.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Transition management Integration Acquisitions and mergers Project management...