Started: 1988
Funding: $2,400,000 (Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, NSF, The Information Work Productivity Consortium, The Center for Edge Power)
People: Diane Bailey, Stephen Barley, Per Bjornsson, Ray Buettner, Richard Burton, Kathleen Carley, John Chachere, Carol Cheng-Cain, Tore Christiansen, Geoff Cohen, Noshir Contractor, Martin Fischer, Douglas Fridsma, Janet Fulk, Mike Fyall, Archis Ghate, Peter Glynn, William Hewlett III, Pam Hinds, Andrea Hollingshead, Tamaki Horii, Bernardo Huberman, Yan Jin, Bijan Khosraviani, Jolin Salazar Kish, John Koza, John Kunz, Yul Kwon, Monique Lambert, Raymond Levitt, Douglas MacKinnon, Ashwin Mahalingam, James March, Noah Mark, Sam Miller, Peter Monge, Michael Murray, Walid Nasrallah, Clifford Nass, Borge Obel, Gaye Oralkan, Ryan Orr, Alfonso Pulido, Somik Raha, Marc Ramsey, Jan Thomsen, Roxanne Zolin
Purpose: The objective of this long-range research program is to develop theory, methodology and tools to model, simulate and optimize the design of project organizations.
Started: 2002
Funding: $850,000 (NSF)
People: Antti Ainamo, Yan Jin, Tapio Koivu, Raymond Levitt, Douglass North, W.Richard Scott, Risto Tainio, Marc Ramsey, Dana Gavrieli, Tamaki Horii, Ashwin Mahalingam, Johanna Nummelin, Ryan Orr, John E. Taylor, Sampo Tukiainen
Purpose:The objective of the research is to understand how institutional differences between the participants of large, complex, global projects lead to misunderstandings, conflicts and costs and to identify how firms that enter global projects can avoid these unanticipated outcomes.
Start Date: Jan 1, 2006
Funding: $150,000 (FSI Stanford)
People: Jenna Davis, Raymond Levitt, Doug McAdam, W.Richard Scott, Pi-Chu Chiu, Richard Burt, Ryan Orr, Hilary Schaffer, DC (Dilanka) Jayasundera, Amanda Sharkey, Dongtao Qi, Meg Waltner
Purpose: The objective of the study is to model the activation and mobilization of transnational, national, and sectoral NGOs, and local political groups in infrastructure development projects, and to make recommendations to improve the governance of these projects when interests and institutions are conflicted. The study will initially focus on two project sectors: water projects, and trans-national pipeline projects.
Start Date: Jan 1, 2007
Funding: $20,000 (CIFE)
Stanford Graduate Fellowship
Oglesby Graduate Fellowship
People: Amy Javernick Will, Raymond Levitt, W.Richard Scott, C.B. Tatum
Purpose: The objective of this study is to understand how global development, construction and engineering firms involved in delivering infrastructure projects worldwide acquire, integrate and transfer institutional knowledge (knowledge about the local values, beliefs, work practices, organizations and regulatory institutions) throughout their organizations and supply chains.
Start date:: May 1, 2008
Funding: N/A
People: Henry Chan, Raymond Levitt, TBD
Purpose: The objective of this study is to build a model that predicts
renegotiations in international BOT/PPP infrastructure projects based on
the evolving risks and benefits held by international infrastructure
stakeholders at various development stages.
Start date:: Jan 1, 2008
Funding: Levell Fellowship (School of Engineering)
Oglesby Graduate Fellowship
People: Stephan Jooste, Raymond Levitt, Jenna Davis, W.Richard Scott
Purpose: The aim of this study is to understand what linkages exist
between public sector capacity and Public Private Partnerships (PPPs)
for infrastructure delivery, both the extent to which a lack of
capacity leads to PPPs being undertaken, and the impact that PPPs have
on long-term capacity.
Start date:: April 1, 2007
Funding: Fellowship of the School of Engineering CRGP funding
People: Cheryl Chi, Raymond Levitt, TBD
Purpose:The objective of this study is to understand expatriates' work in the context of institutional differences (i.e., various practices,
regulations, cultures, norms, logics, routines, etc.) facing global projects
in developing countries. The knowledge of expatriates' motivations,
professional network, and interactions with other project participants lays
the groundwork for project organization design and strategic human resource
management in global projects.
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