Critical factors for effective resident participation in neighborhood rehabilitation in Wuhan, China: From the perspectives of diverse stakeholders

Resident participation is essential for neighborhood rehabilitation. It requires the active involvement of residents and efficient management by organizers. To improve the effectiveness of resident participation, it is necessary to understand the critical success factors (CSFs) underlying it. However, previous research has examined the critical...

Employee Perspectives on Risk Management in a Construction Company

In addition to the tools and techniques available, project risk management also depends on the attitudes of people in an organisation, how the available tools are used, and how the procedures are followed. Therefore, efforts to improve the project risk management capacity of organisations may fail if the diversity of people (characters, traits...

Critical Success Factors for Effective Resident Participation in Community Retrofit: A Systematic Review

Community residents possess first-hand knowledge of the community and effective execution of retrofit methods. Their understanding, acceptance and ultimately participation determine the smoothness of working process and the success of the project. Although the introduction of regulations and policies has increased resident participation in...

Using critical success factors and Q methodology to discover perspectives on project risk management within a construction organisation

Risk management is a vital process in the construction of large projects. It is necessary to protect the success of the project, the budget, the project timeline and the reputation of an organisation. Alongside the tools and techniques which exist to support risk management, it is also a process which depends on people’s opinions, decisions and...

Critical success factors for a circular economy: Implications for business strategy and the environment

Eco-efficiency and resource optimization for business strategy and the environment can be achieved by the circular economy (CE) practices in supply chains (SCs). The leather industry is a significant industrial contributor to the economic growth of some countries, but at the same time, it leads to tremendous environmental pollution. This...

Critical Success Factors to the Inclusion of Climate Considerations in Dutch Road Planning: A Comparative Case Study

99.94% of scientists believe in the effect of CO2 emissions on climate change. To tackle this, many parts of society must become sustainable. In Dutch road projects this drive for a sustainable transition is noticed in the last few years. Currently, the actions for climate inclusive road projects have not been successful. Climate consideration...

Project Management for Sustainability: Use of Critical Success Factors in an Integrated Project Management Model to Improve the Chances of Project Success of a Sustainability Oriented Highway Project during the Exploration and Planning Phase

Sustainability within Project Management practice is a new and challenging territory. The current project management practice within the construction industry, particularly highway construction has not yet fully embraced sustainability. Recent literature shows a relation between project success and sustainability. Project success comprises of...

The role of the client to enable circular economy in the building sector

Whilst there is an increasing recognition of the circular economy concept within the building sector, opportunities for its implementation at project level remain largely underexploited. Research has shown that challenges to its uptake include limited knowledge and awareness among stakeholders; a fragmented supply chain; an unclear business...

Accommodating new ways of working: lessons from best practices and worst cases

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore which factors may explain the high or low percentages of satisfied employees in offices with shared activity-based workplaces. Design/methodology/approach – The paper compares data on employee satisfaction from two cases with remarkably high satisfaction scores and two cases with significantly...

Integration or specialization? Impacts of current trends on the Dutch oil downstream industry

Due to the changing market structure of the downstream oil industry it is important for oil companies to gain more insight in how the oil downstream value chain works and how current trends affects them and their competitors. This article facilitates the need for insight by giving a clear picture of the oil downstream value chain and the...

Lean government: Critical success factors for XBRL-based business-to-government reporting

Lean government is all about doing better with less through the use of ICT and the realisation of process improvements. The recently introduced eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) has shown some initial success in realising lean government. Once data is stored in XBRL format, businesses can transmit it electronically to government for...

Knowledge Management: Review of the Critical Success Factors and Development of a Conceptual Classification Model

Knowledge management is a critical issue in today's business world. Knowledge is considered as one of the most strategic resources of the firm and sources of competitive advantage. This research provides a comprehensive review of the literature on the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) and identifies eight major factor's clusters that influence the...

Critical Success Factors for The Migration of Legacy Information Systems to SOA

Legacy Information Systems abbreviated as LIS are information systems that have been developed and deployed in the past and have been running critical business processes within an enterprise information system. Legacy Information Systems are considered the backbone of the organizations business since these systems are robust and carry valuable...

Critical Success Factors of Applying PPP Financing Model on Urban Subway in China: Harbin Subway Case

For a long time, the development of urban infrastructures has been considered as a national responsibility, which means the urban infrastructures should be invested, constructed and operated by the public sectors. The urban subway infrastructures have the characteristics of large upfront investment, long cycle for return on investment, low...

Intellectual capital model development towards adaptive re-use success: An analysis on historical development of case studies

Adaptive re-use can be a significant strategy for achieving sustainability as it ensures a continuous building life-cycle and prevents it from destruction. Adaptive re-use projects have their own unique environment and specific challenges to ensure success. There are complex designs and construction problems unique to adaptive re-use projects...

Breaking the Iceberg of Public-Private Partnership in Vietnam

The subject of this study is on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Vietnam, which has emerged and recognized recently. Public-Private Partnership (PPP) or Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) in Vietnam was recognized by first BOT Decree in 1993 after the Government amended the Law on Foreign Investment to make way for "Build Operate...