This paper takes stock of megaproject management, an emerging and hugely costly field of
study, by first answering the question of how large megaprojects are by measuring them in …

Private finance-based infrastructure public–private partnerships (P3s) are globally popular,
including renewed interest in the United States, but their performance remains contested …

One of The Economist's Best Books of 2023 The secrets to successfully planning and
delivering ambitious, complex projects on any scale—from home renovation to space …

Intuitively, organisations can easily be categorised as 'public'or 'private'. However, this book
questions such a black and white dichotomy between public and private, and seeks a …

The article first describes characteristics of major infrastructure projects. Second, it
documents a much neglected topic in economics: that ex ante estimates of costs and …

It is useful to distinguish between “causes” and “root causes” in explaining cost overruns,
benefit shortfalls, and delays in major projects. Conventionally, the following are listed as …

While Contract Farming (CF) can enhance smallholders' income in developing countries,
empirical research on the motivation of smallholders to participate in CF is scarce. This …

The Olympic Games have become the world's greatest media and marketing event—a
global celebration of exceptional athletics gilded with corporate cash. Huge corporations vie …

Increasingly, governments are experimenting with ways to provide public goods by involving
the private sector in the planning, financing, building and operating of a range of services …

Current complex society necessitates finding inclusive arrangements for delivering
sustainable road infrastructure integrating design, construction and maintenance stages of …