Impact of owner involvement on innovation in large projects: Lessons from power plants construction

International Business Review

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 561-578

  Lampel, Joseph ^a   Miller, Roger ^b   Floricel, Serghei ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Information asymmetries; Organization theories of innovation; Owner involvement; Owner's internal capabilities; Power plants construction; Technological innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030527119     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(96)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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