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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | By Uwihoreye Ibrahim,; Dushimimana Jean de Dieu (PhD) |
| Abstract: | The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between project management soft skills on project success in Rwandan football industry. It had the following specific objectives which are: To determine the relationship between conflict management skills and project success of youth to senior team project of Musanze FC, To investigate the relationship between negotiation skills and project success of youth to senior team project of Musanze FC,. And it has also to test the following hypothesis. They are namely: HO1: there is no relationship between Conflict management skills and project success of youth to senior team project of Musanze FC, HO2: there is no relationship between negotiation skills on project success of youth to senior team project of Musanze FC. It basically used the descriptive research design in carrying out the study and in selecting the respondents, random sampling were undertaken to 52 respondents. Data were analyzed using statistical tools such as frequencies, percentages, weighted mean, standard deviation, correlational analysis. Findings of the study revealed that there is significant relationship between project management soft skills and project success in Rwandan football industry. there is positive and significant relationship between conflict management soft skills and project success of youth to senior team project of Musanze FC as indicated by statistics (r=.866, p?.005), there is positive and significant relationship between negotiation skills and project success of youth to senior team project of Musanze FC as shown is statistics (r=.865, p?.005).The study recommended government, stakeholders and project managers the following: During recruitment and selection activities for project managers, candidate soft skills also need to be given attention by big institutions. Key words: soft skills, project management, conflict management skills and negotiation skills |
| Date: | 2022–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:vor:issues:2022-41-15&r= |
| By: | Fujiwara, Daniel; Dass, Daniel; King, Emily; Vriend, Myriam; Houston, Richard; Keohane, Kieran |
| Abstract: | As the infrastructure and built environment sectors shift from traditional economic valuation towards more holistic approaches, projects are being designed, built and evaluated in new ways. An important emerging technique for the economic evaluation of projects is social value measurement. This paper sets out the foundations for the social value measurement techniques that underpin the methods and frameworks developed in central governments and by multilateral and international organisations and describes how these can be adapted to value the broader societal and environmental effects of infrastructure and built environment projects. The paper provides practical evidence of social value measurement in valuing heritage impacts for Stonehenge World Heritage Site as well as presenting a detailed account of the foundations of cost-benefit analysis as a tool for social value measurement and non-market valuation. |
| Keywords: | built environment; infrastructure planning; public policy; social impact |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2022–08–04 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:116377&r= |
| By: | James Lennox |
| Abstract: | Transport infrastructure is costly to build and very long-lived. Major projects are expected to enhance accessibility, which over time, is likely to a ect the distribution of population and employment. In a Dynamic Spatial Equilibrium (DSE) model, the timing and location of a project's direct costs and benefits can be explicitly represented. Effects of both construction and operational phases are captured in a forward-looking spatial general equilibrium with costly adjustment. Not only are dynamic responses of direct interest to policymakers, but they have crucial implications for welfare analysis. In this paper, we present a flexible DSE model incorporating dynamics of internal migration and occupation choice, and intra- period spatial linkages via commuting and trade flows. We calibrate the framework to Australian data and illustrate its application by modelling a hypothetical fast express rail service in South-East Queensland. In analysing the results, we highlight the roles of general equilibrium effects within and between periods. These are important both to overall welfare benefits and to their distribution. Transport cost changes are exogenous inputs to our simulation. However, we also discuss the potential to link a DSE model to a four-step strategic transport model to enable fully dynamic Land Use-Transport Interactions (LUTI) simulations. |
| Keywords: | dynamic spatial equilibrium, project appraisal |
| JEL: | R12 R23 R42 |
| Date: | 2022–08 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cop:wpaper:g-335&r= |
| By: | Philipp Brunner; Igor Letina; Armin Schmutzler |
| Abstract: | This paper provides a novel theory of research joint ventures for financially constrained firms. When firms choose R&D portfolios, an RJV can help to coordinate research efforts, reducing investments in duplicate projects. This can free up resources, increase the variety of pursued projects and thereby increase the probability of discovering the innovation. RJVs improve innovation outcomes when market competition is weak and external financing conditions are bad. An RJV may increase the innovation probability and nevertheless lower total R&D costs. RJVs that increase innovation tend to be profitable, but innovation-reducing RJVs also exist. Finally, we compare RJVs to innovation-enhancing mergers. |
| Keywords: | Innovation, Research Joint Ventures, Financial Constraints, Mergers, Intensity of Competition, Licensing |
| JEL: | L13 L24 O31 |
| Date: | 2022–07 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ube:dpvwib:dp2205&r= |
| By: | - |
| Keywords: | ECONOMIA BASADA EN EL CONOCIMIENTO, MEDICION, MACRODATOS, PROYECTOS DE DESARROLLO, EVALUACION DE PROYECTOS, CEPAL, KNOWLEDGE-BASED ECONOMY, MEASUREMENT, BIG DATA, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, PROJECT EVALUATION, ECLAC |
| Date: | 2021–11 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ecr:col093:47919&r= |
| By: | Nic Spearman |
| Abstract: | Occasional Bulletin Economic Notes 2201 Policy lessons from global retail Central Bank Digital Currency projects June 2022 |
| Date: | 2022–06–24 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rbz:oboens:11023&r= |
| By: | Maxime Thomas (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Mariam Lafkihi (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Caroline Jobin (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Eric Ballot (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Pascal Le Masson (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique); Benoit Weil (CGS i3 - Centre de Gestion Scientifique i3 - MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris - PSL - Université Paris sciences et lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) |
| Abstract: | Industrial companies expect engineers to take an external and critical look at their activities through reflexive practices. Recognising the criticality of reflexivity, Project Based Learning approaches include assignments for students to implement reflexive approaches on their projects. However, it remains unclear in the literature whether those assignments help the students experience the value of reflexive practices or if students consider them as academic exercises. In this concept paper, we present a new teaching module that intends to make students experience the value of reflexive practices for engineers. In this module, an industrial partner asks a group of master engineering students to design and implement a Proof-of-Concept (POC) to help the company explore an innovation field. This eight-week project is mainly conducted within the company. Teachers act both as coaches through regular meetings and as experts through lectures focusing on specific engineering reasoning (statistics, modelling, simulation, design of experiments…) that are necessary to design a robust POC. At the end of the module, students present conclusions drawn from their POC to the company which explain to students the next steps envisioned from their contribution. The module is two years old : so far, the authors supervised twelve students split into four industrial projects. Feedback for both companies and students were collected, as well as the lectures and the final presentations. Based on these, we conducted a preliminary analysis that suggests that students experience the value of reflexive practices for engineering work during the module. |
| Date: | 2022–09–19 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03735694&r= |
| By: | OECD |
| Abstract: | Meeting the Paris Agreement goals will need a rapid acceleration of finance towards clean energy investments in emerging and developing economies. Blended finance is an important tool that can help mobilise commercial investment towards clean energy, whilst preserving scarce public resources for wider climate and development objectives. A systematic approach to the deployment of blended finance – that tailors instruments to the nature of underlying barriers to commercial investment, minimises concessionality, has a clear exit strategy, and is co-ordinated within a wider ecosystem of support and enabling measures – can help maximise its development impact and stimulate private sector development. This paper explores specific features of clean energy projects, and the wider transition, to draw lessons for donors, policymakers in beneficiary governments, and financial institutions on whether and how best to deploy blended finance in the sector. It revisits the OECD DAC's Blended Finance Principles, specifically Principle 2: designing blended finance to increase the mobilisation of commercial finance, and explores their applicability to clean energy. It also explores sector-specific considerations for the deployment of clean energy, setting out the considerations development practitioners can make to inform better decision-making on, and maximise the development impact of, blended finance interventions. |
| Keywords: | blended finance, clean energy, energy efficiency, off-grid renewables, renewable energy |
| JEL: | F35 G15 G18 G23 G28 H23 H41 L94 Q20 Q21 Q28 |
| Date: | 2022–08–30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:envaac:31-en&r= |
| By: | Sofia Lamperti (Labex Entreprendre - UM - Université de Montpellier, MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM - Université de Montpellier); Sylvie Sammut; Jean-Marie Courrent |
| Abstract: | Start-ups are important tools for promoting sustainable development through the creation of new ventures with a sustainable business model. However, to make a tangible contribution, start-ups need to embed and balance their sustainability impact in their business model from the very beginning. Incubators are a promising way to support them in this process. Despite the academic interest in incubators, few studies have focused on sustainable incubators in general, and even less on the sustainable business model development process. This study explores how a support programme delivered by an incubator with a sustainability profile can affect the sustainable business model development of start-ups. A case study approach based on a French incubator was used in combination with the resource-based view to understand the creation process of sustainability-oriented ventures and the resource needs of start-ups to achieve a sustainable impact. The results show that besides the classic support services for the development of a sustainable business model, there are additional interesting factors that come into play. |
| Date: | 2021–09–30 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03745535&r= |