Peeling back the layers of a transportation megaproject requires a prodigious level of dedication and perseverance. Relatively few undertake the journey and four of that small band of scholarly entrepreneurs appeared on a panel at the April 2010 Conference of the American Society for Public Administration in San Jose, California. The moderator of the panel summarizes the panel discussion and introduces the three papers that resulted. Three themes emerge: leadership matters, governance structures make a difference, and risk allocation counts.
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Haynes, W. ( 2002). Transportation at the millennium In search of a megaproject lens. Review of Policy Research, 19(2), 62-89.
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Haynes, W. ( 2008). Boston’s Big Dig Project: Lessons for megaprojects in the global community?Published proceedings of the International Conference of Public Administration (ICPA) in Minneapolis , Minneapolis, MN.
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Haynes, W., & Whipple, A. ( 2009). Transportation megaprojects: Comparing project management and oversight approaches. Panel presentation and paper at 2009 ASPA conference in Miami, Florida.
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Haynes, W., & Wright, R. ( 2007). Articulating the disarticulated state: Searching for an analytical lens using collaborative management concepts and networks in megaproject management structures. Published Proceedings of the 2007 ICPA in Chengdu, P.R. China.
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