The paper analyses the sources of meanings attached to consumption of the early automobile to inform analysis of the lockout of electric automobiles in the UK, mindful of related developments in France, and the USA. Data are gathered from archive sources, and include social and technical...

1. New modes of project delivery : complex projects -- 2. Understanding the challenges of managing complex projects -- 3. Exploring complex projects -- 4. Clarke Chapman : the port facilities project -- 5. ALSTON : the Pendolino project -- 6. Northumbria water : the regional sludge treatment...

Much has been written about the positive contribution made by the customer to innovation in bespoke and low-volume products like those of construction. Far less attention has been given to the potentially corrosive effects the client might have on innovation. Drawing on three construction case...

The service-led project is driven by the demand for long-term service provision based on the output of a conventional capital good. The project management implications of the extended timeframe for such projects are considered and the added risks and uncertainties associated with planning for an...