Investigating governance of circular infrastructure projects: Proposing a governance framework to counter challenges in the inter- organizational collaboration for circular infrastructure projects

Circular Economy (CE) is a new economic development paradigm that is proposed as a counterweight to the traditional “take, make, use and dispose” model, known as Linear Economy (LE). To cope with the increasingly environmental impact of construction, a transition towards CE can be the solution. To that direction, several circular initiatives in...

Inter-Organizational Collaboration in Interconnected Infrastructure Projects

This study aims to identify which factors affect inter-organizational collaboration (IOC) in interconnected infrastructure projects to enable practitioners to establish a collaborative environment at the project level. This specific form of inter-organizational collaboration (IOC) is characterized as “horizontal” and has received limited...

Exploring governance mechanisms for inter-organizational collaboration in Dutch infrastructure programmes

Programmes in the Dutch infrastructure sector can contribute to overcoming the industry’s lagging performance and the increasing amount of renovation of work it is currently facing. Additionally, they have the potential to integrate the fragmented supply chain while facilitating better coordination of the projects being executed more effectively...

Strategies to advance the dream of integrated digital public service delivery in inter-organizational collaboration networks

Public administrations are increasingly relying on collaboration within inter-organizational networks to coordinate the development and provisioning of integrated digital public services. Collaboration strategies are necessary to focus collaborative efforts, align and prioritize goals, and leverage concrete results that advance integrated...

Collaboration and Data Sharing in Inter-Organizational Infrastructure Construction Projects

A close collaboration between infrastructure owners is crucial to address challenges in the design and execution of next-generation infrastructure projects for sustainable development. Managing and sharing data among parties involved in infrastructure projects, particularly the data required at the early stages of a project to design and develop...

Effective Inter-Organizational Collaboration for Interconnecting Infrastructures: Assessing effective integrated collaboration between infrastructure owners in the design phase of Dutch infrastructure projects

Infrastructure asset managers have the increasing challenge not only to maintain efficiently the functionalities and quality of their infrastructures, but also to upgrade them for the increasing demands and to achieve added value to their assets (Hertogh, Bakker, van der Vlist, & Barneveld, 2018). Moreover, infrastructure projects in densely...

Governance Challenges of Inter-organizational Digital Public Services Provisioning: A Case Study on Digital Invoicing Services in Belgium

Governments aim to digitalize public services. Whereas initially they worked in isolation, nowadays they increasingly link different building blocks together to realize integrated public services. This evolution poses challenges concerning the governance of public services. The purpose of this paper is to identify governance challenges in...

Imagination as a driving force for inter-organizational innovation: The development of a research framework

With the help of a qualitative case study and existing literature from scientific fields like social sciences, psychology, policy studies, and innovation studies a research framework was compiled for studying imagination as a driving force for innovation fueled by its social context. A try-out of this research framework suggested the result of...

Managing supply chain risks and disruptions at an inland terminal with a focus on inter-organizaitonal collaboration challenges: A case study at the inland terminal Alpherium in collaboration with Heineken

This double degree thesis focuses on supply chain risk and disruption management at an inland terminal, while taking into account the inter-organizational collaboration challenges between the shipper and the inland terminal. The case study is used in combination with an integrated framework for managing supply chain risks and disruptions found...

Exploration in the role of a co-operative facilitating collaborative IT decision making in the public sector

Public organizations are vulnerable when individual deciding upon IT investments. Collaborative IT decision making may provide the opportunity for sharing costs and expertise in the development of effective IT solutions. But, it is difficult for a facilitative leader to create shared understanding in IT decision making. Case study research of...

Strategies for Orchestrating and Managing Supply Chains in Public Service Networks

Joining-up is high on the e-government agenda as this is expected to improve service delivery to citizens and businesses. It requires public and private organizations to cooperate with each other within networks that are formed around public services that cross the boundaries of organizations. Cross-organizational processes in such a network are...