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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Kastelan Mrak, Marija |
| Abstract: | Continuing on previous research, designed to explore the process of diffusion of project management in Croatian local administration, this paper proposes a discussion on the achieved level of development of administrative capabilities. In a way, it represents an attempt to explore the diffusion of innovative organizational practices and managerial techniques that could have an impact in the improvement of the efficiency, and thus of administrative capacity, of the Croatian public administration at city and county level. The paper consists of three parts: context overview, empirical research and discussion. The first part derives primarily from desk research and presents the factors that, to our view, have contributed to shaping the present state of organization of Croatian public administration. This part also provides the basic definitions of administrative capacity used in constructing our research. Considering the complexity (and vagueness) of the term New Public Management, we choose to concentrate our attention on project management as a specific organizational arrangement and method of tasks coordination. In the second part, we present some results obtained through field research. Data was obtained by using structured questionnaires addressed to 42 local government units (10 counties and 32 cities). The questionnaires were structured to provide information on the diffusion of project practices, the dominant areas of conducting project activities and level of formalization of project management. Even though statistic analysis does not offer definite conclusions, it does point out to the fact that new organizational arrangements are rather randomly diffused in Croatian local public administration, which might imply a rather fragmented strategic approach to administrative capacity development and poor and inconsistent system of managing organization development. |
| Keywords: | Local Administration; Convergence |
| Date: | 2011 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:nsu:apasro:298&r=ppm |
| By: | Susaeta, Lourdes (IESE Business School); Pin, Jose R. (IESE Business School); Gallifa, Angela (IESE Business School) |
| Abstract: | This paper concerns the work attitude drivers within the current scenario taking into account two different factors of influence, the culture and the generation of each individual. To belong to a given generation can affects individuals work attitudes as well as to belong to a given culture. The study considers these two factors in order to analyse five dimensions that are sources of work attitudes: vital project, professional ethics, attitude towards authority, leadership and corporate commitment. The paper draws upon a sample comprising Latin American countries and Iberian countries. Through the analysis of almost one thousand people, the results show the great differences in terms of generation and culture specially when focusing on vital project. The most relevant conclusion is that Latin America can not be considered as a whole in terms of individual work attitude. There is a wide diversity referred to this matter within this continent and managers should have this issue into account for improving employee motivation. |
| Keywords: | Generation; Cross-culture management; Latin-American; |
| Date: | 2011–05–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ebg:iesewp:d-0919&r=ppm |
| By: | Bhattacharyay, Biswa Nath (Asian Development Bank Institute) |
| Abstract: | In view of Asia's huge infrastructure needs, as well as the reduced demand for exports due to the ongoing global financial and economic crisis, infrastructure projects offer a way of increasing regional demand and intraregional trade. This policy brief proposes various ways to tap Asia's huge financial resources to fund essential infrastructure. The key challenges include integrating financial markets to mobilize Asian savings for infrastructure, and providing proper incentives to investors, particularly those in the private sector, by developing appropriate policies, regulations, and institutions and long-term innovative financial instruments. |
| Keywords: | infrastructure asia; asia financial reserves; investment incentives |
| JEL: | G00 |
| Date: | 2011–07–10 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ris:adbipb:0033&r=ppm |
| By: | Gabriel M. Ahfeldt; Georgios Kavetsos |
| Abstract: | Prestigious sports facilities increasingly feature among the most expensive development projects worldwide. Considerable public funds are often committed based on expected neighbourhood effects. This paper focuses on the channels through which stadium externalities capitalize into property prices. We investigate two of the largest stadium investment projects of the recent decade - the New Wembley and the Emirates stadium in London, UK. Evidence suggests positive stadium externalities, which are large compared to construction costs. Notable anticipation effects are found immediately following the announcement of the final stadium plans. Our results suggest that stadium architecture may play an important role in promoting positive spillovers to the neighbourhood. |
| Keywords: | Property prices, stadium impact |
| JEL: | R53 R58 |
| Date: | 2011–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cep:sercdp:0087&r=ppm |
| By: | Rune Dahl Fitjar (IRIS - International Research Institute of Stavanger); Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (IMDEA Social Sciences) |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the sources of firm product and process innovation in Norway. It uses a purpose-built survey of 1604 firms in the five largest Norwegian city-regions to test, by means of a logit regression analysis, Jensen et al.'s (2007) contention that firm innovation is both the result of 'science, technology and innovation' (STI) and 'doing, using and interacting' (DUI) modes of firm learning. The paper classifies different types of firm interaction into STI-mode interaction (with consultants, universities, and research centres) and DUI-mode interaction, distinguishing between DUI interaction within the supply-chain (i.e. with suppliers and customers) or not (with competitors). It further controls for the geographical locations of partners. The analysis demonstrates that engagement with external agents is an important source of firm innovation and that both STI and DUI-modes of interaction matter. However, it also shows that DUI modes of interaction outside the supply chain tend to be irrelevant for innovation, with frequent exchanges with competitors having a detrimental effect on a firm's propensity to innovate. Collaboration with extra-regional agents is much more conducive to innovation than collaboration with local partners, especially within the DUI mode.This paper examines the sources of firm product and process innovation in Norway. It uses a purpose-built survey of 1604 firms in the five largest Norwegian city-regions to test, by means of a logit regression analysis, Jensen et al.'s (2007) contention that firm innovation is both the result of 'science, technology and innovation' (STI) and 'doing, using and interacting' (DUI) modes of firm learning. The paper classifies different types of firm interaction into STI-mode interaction (with consultants, universities, and research centres) and DUI-mode interaction, distinguishing between DUI interaction within the supply-chain (i.e. with suppliers and customers) or not (with competitors). It further controls for the geographical locations of partners. The analysis demonstrates that engagement with external agents is an important source of firm innovation and that both STI and DUI-modes of interaction matter. However, it also shows that DUI modes of interaction outside the supply chain tend to be irrelevant for innovation, with frequent exchanges with competitors having a detrimental effect on a firm's propensity to innovate. Collaboration with extra-regional agents is much more conducive to innovation than collaboration with local partners, especially within the DUI mode. |
| Keywords: | Innovation; firms; suppliers; customers; competitors; universities; STI; DUI; R&D; geography; Norway |
| Date: | 2011–07–06 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:imd:wpaper:wp2011-12&r=ppm |
| By: | Hana Alioui (USTV - Université du Sud-Toulon-Var - UFR Sciences économiques et de gestion - Université du Sud - Toulon - Var) |
| Abstract: | L'application des projets de mécanisme de développement propre crée des avantages et des inconvénients sur les pays en voie de développement. Dans ce cadre, les pays émergents vont bénéficier d'un impact positif de ces projets de MDP qui entraînent un transfert de technologies, hausse des revenus, création d'emplois, baisse de la pauvreté,... alors que les pays les plus pauvres (Afrique) vont bénéficier d'un impact négatif à cause d'une part faible des projets de MDP sur ce continent. |
| Keywords: | PMD, projets de mécanisme de développement, pays émergents, pays les plus pauvres, transfert de technologies, pauvreté, revenus, emploi, Afrique |
| Date: | 2011–06–14 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:dumas-00606078&r=ppm |