Chen, X, Locatelli, G orcid.org/0000-0001-9986-2249, Zhang, X et al. (2 more authors) (2021) Firm and project innovation outcome measures in infrastructure megaprojects: An interpretive structural modelling approach. Technovation. 102349. p. 102349. ISSN 0166-4972
Abstract
Infrastructure megaprojects are characterised by huge investment, vast complexity in technical and organisational terms, and extensive innovation. Innovation outcomes have been extensively investigated at the owner/operator and project-based firm/supplier levels (both combined shortly named ‘firm-level’), with the project-level being far less studied and the simultaneously study of firm and project innovation being a knowledge gap. Considering the case of infrastructure megaprojects in China, this paper identifies infrastructure megaprojects' innovation outcome measures at both the firm-level and project-level simultaneously and investigates their relationships. This paper employs a mixed-method approach leveraging interpretive structural modelling (ISM) and the matrix of cross-impact multiplications analysis. The model derives 22 innovation outcome measures, divided into five hierarchy levels, describing owner-level, supplier-level, and project-level innovation in infrastructure megaprojects. Five measures have the greatest driving power: 1) Creation or improvement in construction technology, 2) Creation or improvement in the construction process, 3) Creation of new construction standards, 4) Creation or improvement of contract form, and 5) Creation or improvement in financial arrangements. The results can help researchers and practitioners better understand how to evaluate and manage innovations at both the firm-level and project-level in infrastructure megaprojects.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article, published in Technovation. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Infrastructure megaprojects; Innovation outcomes; Measures; Relationships; Project innovation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Aug 2021 11:54 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 00:13 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.technovation.2021.102349 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:176591 |