.... Design/methodology/approach The paper presents an emergent longitudinal case study covering a long-term business relationship and its development across five interrelated construction projects, during which partnering is initiated, continued and developed. The main data set consists of 57 in-depth...

..., 2012 ; Hosseini et al., 2018 ; Engebø et al., 2020). It is common to use a two-stage contract model, where in the first stage the design and a target cost are developed in collaboration by the partners. Then, a contract is signed for the detailed design and construction stage...

...Markus Hällgren; Marcus Lindahl; Karen Smits; Alfons van Marrewijk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how project partners respond to contractually agreed collaboration in an infrastructural megaproject. Problematic performances of megaprojects have shifted away attention from...