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Al-Shammaa, M M J (2019) Improving risk management in megaprojects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Alkhorayef, A N M (2014) Improving decision making on large scale investment projects: A psychological perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Alnsour, M A M (2020) Integrating sustainability assessment into public works development in Jordan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Anumba, C J (1989) An integrated two and three dimensional data structure for a structural engineering CAD system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Barnes, G R (2016) Market creation in the European Union: the case of the public procurement directives, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds.

Birchall, S J (2011) An appraisal of the performance of a 'green' office building, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Dakas, A I I (2014) Management of project stakeholders: facilitating project success in public sector projects in Nigeria , Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Davis, M C (2011) Psychological and organisational issues in the design of buildings and workplaces, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

El-Samadony, A A E-Y (1986) Development of an improved construction bidding model incorporating multiple objective functions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Elmahroug, M H M (2018) Facilitating effective external stakeholder involvement in the pre-design phase of civil engineering infrastructure projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Ghazali, F E M (2007) A reenginered model for effective risk management in pre-contractual procurement process for NHS PFI hospitals, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Giesekam, J J (2016) The contribution to UK climate mitigation targets from reducing embodied carbon in the construction sector, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Leeds.

Gkiourka, P (2011) Managing innovation in the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Grady, K (1980) The provision of public buildings in the West Riding of Yorkshire, c.1600-1840, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Economic Studies, University of Leeds.

Hagan, G N (2013) Managing complex construction projects in it multiproject environment by the contractor, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Hakim, H (2011) Effective contract structures and value for money in PFI social housing projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.

Harun, Z B (1993) Computer simulation in decision support systems for management of construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Heineck, L F (1983) On the analyses of activity durations on three house building sites, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Invernizzi, D C (2019) Benchmarking nuclear decommissioning, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

KasĖŒpar, H M P (2022) Robert Adam and networks for building in eighteenth-century Britain, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Kerr, N J (2018) The rationale for retrofit: A multi-level, interdisciplinary perspective on the energy efficient retrofit of existing residential buildings, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Kibwami, N (2016) Enhancing sustainable construction in the building sector of Uganda using embodied carbon accounting, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Li, D (2012) Development of a framework of competitive advantage in non-state construction contractors in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.

Li, Q (2012) Inter-organizational relationships in the programme management lifecycle, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.

Liang, S (2013) Legal aspects of privately financed infrastructure projects (PFIPs) in China: the case for international standards, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.

Lu, L-T (2003) The impact of cultural distance on the management style and performance of Japanese and Taiwanese joint ventures with local partners in China, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Business School, University of Leeds.

Luise Valencia Gluyas, J (2004) Public-private participation in water infrastructure in Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Mlybari, E A A (2011) Managing value, requirements and risk in the appraisal stage of UK construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Nguyen, Q T (2009) Developing a strategic model for small-and-medium-sized construction firms in Vietnam, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Oliomogbe, G O (2017) The investigation of the generation of intangible benefits through project management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

  • Type: Thesis
  • Keywords: competitiveness; market; resource based view; globalisation; project management practice; client; content analysis; case studies
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  • URL: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/18161/
  • Abstract:
    With the focus of this research on intangible benefits, the resource based view was used as the lens through which project based organisations were considered. It was recognised that intangibles contributed to the competitiveness of project based organisations as the review of extant intellectual capital literature revealed that intangibles help organisations to be competitive evidenced in the changing value contribution of intangibles to tangibles and the gap between market and book value due to globalisation and its manifestations. A theoretical and empirical approach combined with an interpretivist approach grounded the research in extant project management and project management practice and addressed some of the criticisms of the RPM, CPM, BOKs and BRM. Theoretically, content analysis was applied on extant project management literature and empirically, five organisations consisting of contracting and single project client organisations participated in multiple case studies in two phases using questionnaires that collected both qualitative and quantitative data combined with deductive and inductive analytical approach to data analysis. Demonstrated that the theoretically derived intangible benefits of project management fit broadly into organisational capital, human capital and social capital and a theoretical framework was also developed. Empirically demonstrated that the intangible benefits from project management deployment are types of knowledge and capabilities. The drivers of and attributes of intangible benefits established that intangible benefits are generic and contextual with implications for the contracting and single project client organisation. By analytical triangulation, it was empirically demonstrated that intangible benefits derived from project management follow the mature groupings of contracting and single project client. The logic to the generation of intangible benefits was developed and the theoretical framework empirically validated. Mapping the logic model unto the project management activities identified from a combined version of the PMBOK and the APMBOK, the approach to the generation of intangible benefits was developed.

Riley, F G (2018) Information behaviour in construction project management teams: contradictions, motivations and influencing factors, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Sainati, T (2018) Governance of infrastructure megaprojects : The role of the special purpose entities, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Seboni, L (2016) Improving the existing project manager-to-project practice of a specific organization (organization A) in Botswana, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Soliman, M M A E I (2014) Risk management in international construction joint ventures in Egypt, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Spiteri, J (1998) A critical analysis of occupational and organisational strategy in UK: architectural and quantity surveying practices, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds.

Tan, Y (2006) A case-based reasoning approach to improve risk identification in construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.

Valencia Gluyas, J L (2004) Public- private participation in water infrastructure in Mexico, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Leeds (United Kingdom).

Wasiluk, K L (2012) Sustainable wealth creation in practice: a framework to manage firm's intangibles, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds.

Wheat, P E (2013) Econometric cost analysis in vertically separated railways, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.

Woodhead, R M (1999) The influence of paradigms and perspectives on the decision to build undertaken by large experienced clients of the UK construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Civil Engineering, University of Leeds.