The impact of economic and political imperatives on the successful use of Public-private partnership (PPP) in projects
Journal Article
Almeile, A. M., Chipulu, M., Ojiako, U., Vahidi, R., & Marshall, A. (2024)
The impact of economic and political imperatives on the successful use of Public-private partnership (PPP) in projects. Production Planning and Control, 35(6), 559-579. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2022.2110171
This study presents empirical research examining how economic and political imperatives impact prospects for successful use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) to deliver pro...
Micro-Political Risk Factors for Strategic Alliances: Why Machiavelli's Animal Spirits Matter
Journal Article
Marshall, A., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2014)
Micro-Political Risk Factors for Strategic Alliances: Why Machiavelli's Animal Spirits Matter. Competition and Change, 18(5), 438-453. https://doi.org/10.1179/1024529414Z.00000000070
Sociological perspectives on strategic alliances between firms are heavily influenced by economic theory. As such, they regard alliance entry, maintenance and exit decisions a...
What is best value in public sector building construction?
Journal Article
Ojiako, U., Park, J. H., Williams, T., Marshall, A., & Chipulu, M. (2014)
What is best value in public sector building construction?. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 167(5), 209-219. https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.13.00026
Although the lowest bid procurement philosophy has formed the basis of procurement in public sector building construction, for a long time it has arguably resulted in low-qual...
Analysing corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council using logistic regression and multidimensional scaling
Journal Article
Khoja, L., Chipulu, M., & Jayasekera, R. (2016)
Analysing corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council using logistic regression and multidimensional scaling. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 46(3), 483-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11156-014-0476-y
In this paper, we examine corporate insolvency in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region between 2004 and 2011. Data comprises 28 financial ratio variables from 112 firms. ...
Effect of project role, age and gender differences on the formation and revision of project decision judgements
Journal Article
Ojiako, U., Chipulu, M., Gardiner, P., Williams, T., Mota, C., Maguire, S., …Stamati, T. (2014)
Effect of project role, age and gender differences on the formation and revision of project decision judgements. International Journal of Project Management, 32(4), 556-567. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.09.001
In this study, the authors examine how demographic variables such as project role, age and gender moderate the formation and revision of explicit decision judgements in a proj...
National culture and perceptions of success and failure in projects
Journal Article
Ojiako, G., & Chipulu, M. (2014)
National culture and perceptions of success and failure in projects. Proceedings of the ICE - Management, Procurement and Law, 167(4), 167-179. https://doi.org/10.1680/mpal.13.00027
This study examines how national cultural perspectives impact on the perceptions of project practitioners. It aims to contribute to understanding of how project practitioners ...
User adoption of mandatory enterprise technology
Journal Article
Ojiako, U., Chipulu, M., Maguire, S., Akinyemi, B., & Johnson, J. (2012)
User adoption of mandatory enterprise technology. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 25(4), 373-391. https://doi.org/10.1108/17410391211245847
Purpose
Drawing on extant technology acceptance literature, the purpose of this paper is to critically examine the impact of mandatory enterprise technology adoption in Nigeri...
A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite”
Journal Article
Marshall, S., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2019)
A futility, perversity and jeopardy critique of “risk appetite”. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27(1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-06-2017-1175
Purpose
Risk appetite is widely accepted as a guiding metaphor for strategic risk management, yet metaphors for complex practice are hard to critique. This paper aims to apply...
Social imperatives in systems development: A conceptual model
Journal Article
Maguire, S., Ojiako, U., & Chipulu, M. (2010)
Social imperatives in systems development: A conceptual model. OR Insight, 23(3), https://doi.org/10.1057/ori.2010.6
The focus of this article is on systems development; and the development of a methodology appropriate for complex organisations. A conceptual systems development methodology O...
Project-focused literature on public-private partnership (PPP) in developing countries: a critical review
Journal Article
Almeile, A. M., Chipulu, M., Ojiako, U., Vahidi, R., & Marshall, A. (in press)
Project-focused literature on public-private partnership (PPP) in developing countries: a critical review. Production Planning and Control, https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2022.2123408
Set within the context of developing countries, we conduct a state of the art systematic review of project-focused, public-private partnership literature published between 199...