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on Project, Program and Portfolio Management |
| By: | Karine Revet (BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne, CEREN - Centre de Recherche sur les Entreprises - BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - ESC Dijon-Bourgogne); Barthélémy Chollet |
| Abstract: | Artistic work can offer powerful ways to enhance the societal impact and dissemination of scientific research. The practice of engaging with the Arts, however, is still far from widespread among scientists. In this study, we examine the factors that increase the likelihood that a principal investigator (PI) integrates some engagement with the Arts in the design of a research project. We draw on a database of 31, 859 NSF standard grants (2003–2023) in geosciences and biology. Through a search for a set of keywords in project descriptions, we identify the rare projects that engage with the Arts. We find that projects designed by female scientists, in universities of lower research intensity, are most likely to engage with the Arts. Moreover, occurrences of this practice vary considerably across scientific subdomains. Additionally, addressing a sustainable development goal may either increase or decrease the likelihood that a project engages with the Arts, depending on the specific goal at hand. |
| Keywords: | Art/science collaboration, Societal impact, Sustainable development goals (SDGs), Principal investigators, Outreach |
| Date: | 2025–07–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05799100 |
| By: | Korotkova, Ekaterina; Lukyanov, Georgy |
| Abstract: | Organizations often learn about competence only from project-level success or failure, even when a project contains several complementary tasks. We compare task architectures by the Blackwell order. An expert of unknown fixed competence can perform all tasks in one bundled project, one task in a project completed by an outside technology, or the same number of tasks across separate projects. Bundling dominates a single narrow assignment below an outside-reliability threshold and is otherwise incomparable with it. Holding the expert’s workload fixed strictly lowers this threshold but does not overturn the result: bundling still dominates when the outside technology is sufficiently unreliable, separate projects dominate only when that technology is perfect, and the experiments are otherwise incomparable. We derive the thresholds for any number of tasks and show that the fixed-workload threshold decreases to zero as task scope grows. Explicit posterior-variance formulas measure the cost of coarse aggregation for particular decisions. Finally, in the two-task case, occasional stage-level audits expand the bundling-dominance region according to an exact frontier. |
| Keywords: | task assignment; coarse information; competence; Blackwell order; auditing |
| JEL: | D23 D83 M51 |
| Date: | 2026–10–16 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:tse:wpaper:132296 |
| By: | David Cuberes (Maynooth University); Aitor Lacuesta (Banco de España); Carlos Moreno-Pérez (Banco de España); Daniel Oto-Peralías (Universidad Pablo de Olavide) |
| Abstract: | This paper examines how land ownership concentration shapes the deployment of large-scale renewable energy projects across six European countries (Spain, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands). Using a 5×5 km grid-cell framework with cadastral parcel data, we show that cells with a higher share of area in large parcels (= 10 ha) are substantially more likely to host mega photovoltaic (PV) plants (= 50 ha), with a standardized semi-elasticity of 68% in the pooled sample, consistent across all six countries. Land concentration also drives aggregate solar deployment: a one-standard-deviation increase raises expected PV hectares within a grid cell by 62%, an effect driven almost entirely by the mega-plant margin. By contrast, the effect on wind parks is weaker and heterogeneous, consistent with wind requiring less contiguous land assembly than solar. A specificity test and decomposition analysis corroborate that the assembly mechanism operates specifically at the mega-plant margin, and a horse race between cadastral concentration and farm operational size establishes that ownership, not farming scale, is the operative mechanism. A finer 500 m grid within-municipality analysis corroborates the effect of land concentration on mega PV plants and further reveals that it is attenuated in irrigated areas, where higher agricultural rents raise landowner reservation values. We rationalize these patterns with a conceptual framework in which solar assembly requires unanimous consent from a set of landowners whose number falls with parcel size, while wind requires only a subset. Our findings reveal that land ownership structure is a decisive factor in the energy transition: fragmentation impedes large-scale deployment, while concentration enables it but channels its benefits toward a few large landowners, potentially deepening rural grievances and local opposition. |
| Keywords: | solar plants, photovoltaic plants, land concentration, energy transition, renewable projects |
| JEL: | O13 Q40 Q15 |
| Date: | 2026–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bde:wpaper:2639e |
| By: | Carter, William A. |
| Abstract: | Climate-induced planned relocation is becoming an unavoidable policy issue for some highly exposed communities. Although relocation should remain a last resort after other realistic options for adaptation in place have been assessed, ensuring that the money is available when needed to support relocation is critical. The challenge is that funding is insufficient, drawn from diverse sources and often arrives too late and in fragmented forms: for example, one project for housing, another for infrastructure, and little predictable support for consultation, land negotiations, safeguards, livelihoods, host communities or long-term maintenance. The financing problem is therefore not only the scale of the costs, but the difficulty of organising money over time and across institutions and safeguards. This can leave governments reacting after crises rather than planning before risks become unmanageable. Sovereign trust funds offer one practical way to address this gap. They do not create finance by themselves, but they can provide a country-owned platform for receiving, sequencing and reporting domestic revenue, bilateral support, multilateral development bank (MDB) finance, climate funds, disaster risk finance, and loss and damage resources. They present an alternative to predominantly loan- and grant-based financing for planned relocation. Fiji's Climate Relocation of Communities Trust Fund shows both the promise and limits of this approach: It provides a legal and institutional basis for relocation finance within government and links international funding to procedures, but it still requires capitalisation, administrative capacity and long-term technical support. The model presents an opportunity to support sovereign, rights-based financing systems rather than relying solely on donor-funded, often piecemeal relocation projects. It can also make funding available at the appropriate time and without undue time pressure. Key policy messages: * Finance planned relocation before a crisis, especially assessment, consent, land, safeguards and project preparation. * Treat relocation as a long-term investment in the collective good, rather than solely as a construction or emergency response measure. * Support sovereign trust funds where they are legally mandated at the national level, budget-linked, transparent and capitalised. * Use finance to uphold quality and rights, including community-led processes, support for host communities and support for long-term livelihoods. |
| Keywords: | Planned Relocation, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Fiji |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:zbw:idospb:344114 |
| By: | Mariem Lajmi (IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]); Aurélie Dudezert (LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], IMT-BS - TIM - Département Technologies, Information & Management - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]); Olfa Chourabi (LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - Université Paris-Saclay - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], IMT-BS - TIM - Département Technologies, Information & Management - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris]) |
| Abstract: | In ERP projects, implementation (or go-live) is often viewed as the final stage. However, critical adjustments continue to emerge after the system goes live. This article examines the post-implementation phase as a central stage in the ERP lifecycle, particularly in complex organizational and international contexts. It draws on twelve semi-structured interviews with stakeholders involved in international ERP projects. The findings highlight the persistence of requirements engineering activities after implementation, marked by unanticipated needs, tensions between global standardization and local adaptations, and the emergence of workaround practices. They also show that this phase reveals limitations in upstream requirements engineering. The analysis underscores the key role of post-implementation governance in system appropriation and value creation. This study contributes to ERP post-adoption literature by framing post-implementation as a critical phase where needs, requirements, uses, and governance are reconfigured. |
| Abstract: | Dans les projets ERP, l'implémentation (ou mise en production/GoLive) est souvent perçue comme l'aboutissement du projet. Pourtant, de nombreux ajustements critiques surviennent après le GoLive. Cet article analyse la phase post-implémentation comme un moment central du cycle de vie des ERP dans des contextes organisationnels et internationaux complexes. Il s'appuie sur douze entretiens semi-directifs menés auprès d'acteurs impliqués dans des projets ERP internationaux. Les résultats mettent en évidence la persistance d'une ingénierie des exigences après la mise en production, caractérisée par des exigences/besoins non anticipés, des tensions entre standardisation globale et adaptations locales, ainsi que des pratiques de contournement. Ils montrent également que cette phase révèle les limites des pratiques amont. L'analyse souligne enfin le rôle clé de la gouvernance post-implémentation dans l'appropriation du système et la création de valeur. |
| Keywords: | Information systems projects, Local adaptation, Requirements engineering, Post-implementation, ERP, Post-implémentation, Ingénierie des exigences, Adaptation locale, Projet SI |
| Date: | 2026–05–20 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05789334 |
| By: | Knarik Poghosyan; Tobias Büscher |
| Abstract: | This study estimates the effects of research and development (R&D) funding on firm performance and innovation activity in Germany for the period of 2000 to 2020. Since R&D collaborations between funded and non-funded firms can lead to positive externalities, our study accounts not only for the direct effects of the policy on funded firms but also for indirect (spillover) effects on non-funded firms. We use multiple databases (DAFNE, PATSTAT, Förderkatalog) and conduct empirical estimations on both firm and cluster levels. Our findings suggest that, in general, R&D funding has a positive impact on both funded and non-funded firms, which varies with the share of funded firms in the cluster. Interestingly, the indirect impact on innovation is larger than the direct impact. The latter finding points out the advantages of this broad type of R&D funding (no sectoral or regional concentration) in enforcing innovation spillovers, but also highlights its limitation in generating stronger direct effects. |
| Keywords: | R&D funding, spillover effects, policy evaluation, regional innovation, patent data |
| JEL: | O33 O38 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:diw:diwwpp:dp2183 |
| By: | Muñoz, Sebastián; Tapia, Rodrigo |
| Abstract: | This article analyses the challenges encountered and lessons learned from the experience of the Laboratorio 9x18 (9x18 Laboratory) of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) in neighbourhood regeneration processes in 9x18 neighbourhoods, with a special focus on its collaboration with municipalities. Based on more than a decade of fieldwork collaborating with stakeholders, this study examines the need to understand the neighbourhood as a social, physical, and cultural ecosystem in urban regeneration processes, with community participation and local memory serving as fundamental elements in preventing external interventions that reproduce inequalities or epistemic injustices. The article explores the specific contribution of academia, with its relative autonomy, research capacity, and participatory methods. It pays attention to how these qualities complement— and are coordinated with—municipal work, which is often subject to operational urgencies and institutional regulations. Furthermore, the role of the university as an inter-institutional coordinator is explored in depth through the Neighbourhood Regeneration Platform, which is a flexible, horizontal space for coordinating public, private and community stakeholders, thus generating concrete projects that aim to impact public policies. Lastly, the article argues that multidirectional learning, in which various stakeholders transform one another through the co-production of knowledge, is critical to neighbourhood regeneration processes. The article concludes that the sustainability of these processes depends on a network of interinstitutional stakeholders capable of maintaining bonds, integrating diverse knowledge and promoting co-responsibility in building fairer and more liveable neighbourhoods. |
| JEL: | R14 J01 |
| Date: | 2026–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ehl:lserod:141395 |
| By: | Edgar Bejarano B |
| Abstract: | Since 1990s, social intervention in Colombia undertaken by NGO’s and private companies, as part of their corporate social responsibility policies, has been experiencing a continuous expansion, especially in the field of community based local development models . Particularly in marginal areas where the State has little presence and market development is minimal, there are many cases and projects that have received some kind of support. However, there are very few known assessments that had been made about the benefits, shortcomings or failures from such a proposal and less on their capability to solve the problems from which they arise. Beyond the balance on pros and cons of this proposal, this paper recognizes its importance, and being aware of its future growth focuses on three issues that can significantly affect its efficiency and positive results. Thus they provide valuable signals on factors considered the determinants of growth and development of a nation, a region or a locality; about beliefs and behaviors that characterize the way we view and act as both promoters and implementers of projects and beneficiaries as such, as well as regarding the limitations and weaknesses of the procedures usually followed for the selection and evaluation of projects. |
| Keywords: | Desarrollo; Local; Intervención Social; Comunidad; Proyectos; fundamentos; umbrales; sucesos estilizados |
| JEL: | P48 |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:col:000176:023702 |