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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Nazir, Khurram; Lodhi, Muhammad Saeed; Ahmad, Zia; Ahmad, Saba |
| Abstract: | Pakistan is one of the third-world countries where technological adaptation is in its initial stages, with several initiatives/projects in the pipeline and others awaited to accomplish for setting the benchmark in their respective areas. Similarly, to meet the dire need for time, the communication sector is also working on advancements and automation in transportation by implementing Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) along its major highways. However, shifting from traditional to modern practices in the transportation sector has shown minimal progress; it has proven a tiresome and laborious process, putting the interest of foreign investors at stack as well. This research, therefore, is meant primarily to elaborate on the Barrier factors hindering the Effectiveness and Development of the Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Projects in Pakistan and their addresses prudently by measuring their impact in terms of system, function ability, and potential benefits. The analysis will be made using the Partial Least Square technique of the "Structural Equation Modeling" method (PLS-SEM) by constructing and analyzing the data collected from various sources with the help of a questionnaire; the reliability will be established using the Crone batch alpha technique. The results demonstrated remarkable dependence on the Effectiveness & Development (E&D) of ITS on the failure of Policy & Governance, Financial and Technical drought, lack of Exposure and Infrastructure integration, and Rapid urbanization. |
| Keywords: | Intelligent Transportation System, Green Mobility, Sound infrastructure, Smart Mobility, Geographic Information System, Internet of Things, Project Risks. |
| JEL: | R42 |
| Date: | 2023–12–01 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:pra:mprapa:120367&r=ppm |
| By: | Julius D\"uker; Alexander Rieber |
| Abstract: | We investigate how to efficiently set up work groups to boost group productivity, individual satisfaction, and learning. Therefore, we conduct a natural field experiment in a compulsory undergraduate course and study differences between self-selected and randomly assigned groups. We find that self-selected groups perform significantly worse on group assignments. Yet, students in self-selected groups learn more and are more satisfied than those in randomly assigned groups. The effect of allowing students to pick group members dominates the effect of different group compositions in self-selected groups: When controlling for the skill, gender, and home region composition of groups, the differences between self-selected and randomly formed groups persist almost unaltered. The distribution of GitHub commits per group reveals that the better average performance of randomly assigned groups is mainly driven by highly skilled individuals distributed over more groups due to the assignment mechanism. Moreover, these highly skilled individuals contribute more to the group in randomly formed groups. We argue that this mechanism explains why self-selected groups perform worse on the projects but acquire more knowledge than randomly formed groups. These findings are relevant for setting up workgroups in academic, business, and governmental organizations when tasks are not constrained to the skill set of specific individuals. |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:arx:papers:2403.12694&r=ppm |
| By: | Robert Addison; Giuseppa Ottimofiore; Costanza Caputi; Alberto Morales; Hamsini Shankar |
| Abstract: | To meet their international climate commitments and strengthen renewable energy production, many countries will require significant new investment in low emissions infrastructure. To deliver low emissions infrastructure at the necessary rate and scale, many countries recognise they need better ways of planning and regulating infrastructure and its value chains. This Working Paper describes the challenges and opportunities for using regulatory, stakeholder engagement and public procurement tools to help countries deliver more effective permitting. It provides international good practice case studies to help countries stimulate investment and reduce barriers for new, low emissions infrastructure so they can fulfil their international climate commitments while ensuring existing policy objectives. |
| Date: | 2024–04–09 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:oec:govaaa:68-en&r=ppm |
| By: | Marco Ceccarelli (VU University Amsterdam); Stefano Ramelli (University of St. Gallen - School of Finance; Swiss Finance Institute) |
| Abstract: | We study expectations about the energy transition (climate transition beliefs) as drivers of “green” investment decisions and financial performance expectations. In a preregistered survey of U.S. retail investors (N=1, 007), we document considerable heterogeneity in climate transition beliefs at different horizons. More optimistic climate transition beliefs are associated with higher green expected financial performance and investments, especially for investors without strong pro-environmental preferences. A pre-registered information provision experiment (N=3, 003) provides causal evidence of the role of climate transition optimism in investment behavior. By influencing the availability of capital for green projects, the prevailing narratives and beliefs around the energy transition can have important self fulfilling properties. |
| Keywords: | Behavioral Finance, Climate Change, ESG, Expected returns, Heterogeneous beliefs, Information provision experiment, Survey, Sustainable finance. |
| JEL: | D14 H42 G18 P16 |
| Date: | 2024–03 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:chf:rpseri:rp2422&r=ppm |
| By: | Grimm, Sven (Ed.); Klingebiel, Stephan (Ed.) |
| Abstract: | The present collection of short papers is an experimental, explorative and introspective German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) project on international and transnational cooperation for development and sustainability. It is the product of internal brainstorming discussions at IDOS in mid-2022 that aspired to conduct a preliminary, exemplary mapping of the use of 'transnational lenses' and their understandings across various work strands at the institute. This might lead to new questions in our work, or it might simply be an attempt to look at our topics of interest with a different perspective. |
| Keywords: | transnational cooperation, development, development cooperation, training, knowledge cooperation, non-state actors |
| Date: | 2024 |
| URL: | http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:diedps:287735&r=ppm |