List of figures List of tables List of contributors Preface Ray E. Levitt and Ryan J. Orr Introduction W. Richard Scott Part I. Foundational Themes: 1. Global projects: distinguishing features, drivers, and challenges Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott, Raymond E. Levitt, Karlos Artto and Jaakko Kujala 2. The institutional environment of global projects W. Richard Scott 3. Social movements and the growth in opposition to global projects Doug McAdam Part II. Institutional Differences and Global Projects: Empirical Studies: 4. Rules vs. results: sources and resolution of institutional conflicts on Indian Metro Railway projects Ashwin Mahalingam, Raymond E. Levitt and W. Richard Scott 5. Institutional exceptions on global projects: a process model Ryan J. Orr and W. Richard Scott 6. Local embeddedness of firms and strategies for dealing with uncertainty in global projects Ryan J. Orr and Raymond E. Levitt 7. Who needs to know what? Institutional knowledge and global projects Amy Javernick-Will and W. Richard Scott Part III. Political Conflicts and Global Projects: 8. Site fights: explaining opposition to oil and gas pipeline projects in the developing world Doug McAdam, Hilary Schaffer Boudet, Jenna Davis, Ryan J. Orr, W. Richard Scott and Raymond E. Levitt 9. To talk or to fight? Effects of strategic, cultural and institutional factors on renegotiation approaches in public-private concessions Henry Chan and Raymond E. Levitt Part IV. Governance Strategies and Structures: 10. Network-based strategies and competencies for political and social risk management Witold J. Henisz 11. Organizations enabling public-private partnerships: an organization field approach Stephen F. Jooste and W. Richard Scott References Index.
{{comment.content}}