Exploring the Relationship between Sustainable Projects and Institutional Isomorphisms: A Project Typology

Rakan Alyamani, Suzanna Long and Mohammad Nurunnabi
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Rakan Alyamani: Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
Suzanna Long: Department of Engineering Management & Systems Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
Mohammad Nurunnabi: Department of Accounting, Prince Sultan University, P.O. Box 66833, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-17

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.

Keywords: sustainable projects; project typology; institutional isomorphisms; monte carlo (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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