Abstract
With the increase in awareness about the wide range of issues and adverse effects associated with the use of conventional energy sources came an increase in project management research related to sustainability and sustainable development. Part of that research is devoted to the development of sustainable project typologies that classify projects based on a variety of external factors that can significantly impact these projects. This research focuses on developing a sustainable project typology that classifies sustainable projects based on the external institutional influences. The typology explores the influence of the coercive, normative, and mimetic institutional isomorphisms on the expected level of change, level of uncertainty, project team skills and experience levels, and the level of technology information exchange in sustainable projects. Two case studies are presented to demonstrate the use of the typology to classify sustainable projects based on the external institutional influences.
Recommended Citation
R. Alyamani et al., "Exploring the Relationship between Sustainable Projects and Institutional Isomorphisms: A Project Typology," Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 12, no. 9, article no. 3668, MDPI AG, May 2020.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/su12093668
Department(s)
Engineering Management and Systems Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE)
Second Research Center/Lab
INSPIRE - University Transportation Center
Third Research Center/Lab
Intelligent Systems Center
Keywords and Phrases
Institutional isomorphisms; Monte carlo; Project typology; Sustainable projects
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
2071-1050
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2020 The Authors, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Publication Date
01 May 2020
Comments
This research is partially funded by the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission (SACM) and the Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Department & Missouri University of Science & Technology.