...Stewart Clegg Purpose The “fat tail” of megaproject failures recorded by Flyvbjerg (Flyvbjerg and Gardener, 2023) is a sign of decadence in megaprojects because it is indicative of the normal being treated as futile and absurd. Rival explanations for this normal absurdity have been advanced...

...Costanza Mariani; Francesco Cellerino; Erik Humberto Araya Aliaga; Edison Atencio; Mauro Mancini Purpose Current theoretical viewpoints regarding the performance trends of megaprojects endorse the notion that incorporating an outside perspective during the forecasting phase can be advantageous...

...Stewart Clegg; Mhamed Biygautane Purpose This paper explores the dynamics of megaprojects through a power relations lens, focusing on sensemaking, temporalities and multiplicities in major projects. It provides an understanding of the political forces influencing the management, decision-making...

...Hui He; Qinghua He; Yajiao Chen; Ge Wang; Xiaoyan Chen Purpose Interorganizational knowledge sharing (IKS) is an important strategy for organizations to obtain exterior knowledge resources to enhance innovation and value co-creation in megaprojects. However, little research has deeply investigated...

...Wujuan Zhai; Chuanjing Ju; Jiyong Ding; Jianyao Jia; Feihai Liu Purpose Megaprojects exert a significant impact on sustainable development, and it is imperative for stakeholders to collectively ensure their development occurs in a socially responsible manner. While there has been a growing focus...

...Deribe Assefa Aga; Berhanu Belayneh Beyene Purpose By extending corporate social responsibility research to a megaproject context, the purpose of this study is to examine the effect of megaproject external social responsibility (SR) on community acceptance through the mediating role of public...

...Yongkui Li; Mengqi Wang; Giorgio Locatelli; Yueran Zhang Purpose Megaprojects can play a crucial role in achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackling Global Challenges. However, they are often criticized for their massive resource consumption, poor cost/time performance...

...Anna af Hällström Purpose Managing megaprojects is challenging due to their inherent complexity and uncertainty. Collaborative project delivery models have been introduced as an alternative to traditional project management in public infrastructure megaprojects and are often realized through...

...Gizem Bilgin; Huseyin Erol; Guzide Atasoy; Irem Dikmen; M. Talat Birgonul Purpose Megaprojects are known as complex projects that involve high levels of uncertainty. This interpretive study explores and portrays perceived complexity in mega construction projects by lived experiences of project...

...Shankar Sankaran; Stewart Clegg; Ralf Müller; Nathalie Drouin Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate and discuss stakeholder issues faced by renewable energy megaprojects and in particular solar and wind power projects and their relevance to socioeconomic evaluation of megaprojects...

...Dedong Wang; Hui Li; Yongqiang Lu Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the factors influencing the transaction costs (TCs) in megaprojects to provide a basis for controlling project costs. Design/methodology/approach This study selects six factors influencing the TCs in megaprojects...

...Tingting Cao; Giorgio Locatelli; Nigel Smith; Lianying Zhang Purpose Megaprojects present an intricated pattern of leadership activities, which evolve over their planning and delivery and comprises several stakeholders. A framework is useful to navigate this complexity; it allows to identify...

... proportion of global megaprojects have not performed up to the expectations of their stakeholders. A failed megaproject has the potential even to derail the economy of a country where it was implemented. Stakeholders must, therefore, ensure that they do not invest in megaprojects that are bound to fail...

..., benevolent and moral) on the behavioral integration (BI) of top management teams (TMTs) in megaproject settings. Design/methodology/approach The performance of the research model was tested based on empirical data collected from a sample of 43 megaproject TMTs. Findings The results show...

...Kirsi Aaltonen; Nadezhda Gotcheva; Jaakko Kujala; Karlos Artto Purpose In megaprojects, changes in scope and organization may occur continuously. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how actors in a project network make sense of a safety-related process innovation introduced during...

... the stakeholder engagement policies of the MTIPs by providing an empirically grounded model simultaneously linking various aspects of stakeholder effective attributes, stakeholder engagement and their relationships to stakeholder satisfaction and project success in MTIPs. Megaprojects Stakeholder engagement...

..., on contributions to managing the unexpected in megaprojects. Using the framework of meaning i.e. the factual, social and temporal dimensions, challenges of handling the unexpected are analysed and (effects of) decision-making structures for such projects are defined. This paper argues that classic project...

...Thant Syn; Arkalgud Ramaprasad Purpose Megaprojects are symbolic milestones of human history. Most megaprojects are one-of-a-kind endeavors to which traditional project management principles are neither applicable nor suitable, rendering the holistic study of megaprojects especially difficult...

... is to make recommendations for policy makers, promotors and project managers on how to structure and deliver new nuclear build programmes, by drawing on the megaprojects literature and salutary lessons from previous megaprojects. This paper is underpinned by the extant literature and an analysis...

...John Rodney Turner; Yan Xue Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a new model for the success of megaprojects. Megaprojects are often said to fail because they finish late and/or overspent. As megaprojects are usually complex, so small changes in input can lead to disproportionate...