Ambidextrous management of a large, complex engineering project with significant innovations-case study of the Sutong bridge project

IE and EM 2009 - Proceedings 2009 IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1931-1936

  Wang, X R ^a   Liu, L ^b   Sheng, Z H ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Exploitative learning; Exploratory learning; First article assurance; Full scale test; Innovation; Large complex project

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX ENGINEERING; COMPLEX PROJECTS; EXPLOITATIVE LEARNING; EXPLORATORY LEARNING; FULL SCALE TESTS; FUNDING MECHANISMS; INNOVATIVE PROJECTS; LEARNING APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT; PERFORMANCE DRIVERS; PROJECT PHASIS; SU-TONG BRIDGE;

BRIDGES; CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

INNOVATION;

EID: 77949465108     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIEEM.2009.5344281     Document Type: Conference Paper

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