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Ang, G, Groosman, M and Scholten, N P M (2005) Dutch performance-based approach to building regulations and public procurement. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 107–19.
Augenbroe, G and Park, C-S (2005) Quantification methods of technical building performance. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 159–72.
Connaughton, J, Meikle, J and Teerikangas, S (2015) Mergers, acquisitions and the evolution of construction professional services firms. Construction Management and Economics, 33(02), 146-59.
de Valence, G and Runeson, G (2015) Graham Ive and the methodology of construction economics. Construction Management and Economics, 33(02), 126-33.
Duncan, J (2005) Performance-based building: lessons from implementation in New Zealand. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 120–7.
Gregori, T and Pietroforte, R (2015) An input-output analysis of the construction sector in emerging markets. Construction Management and Economics, 33(02), 134-45.
Hammond, D, Dempsey, J J, Szigeti, F and Davis, G (2005) Integrating a performance-based approach into practice: a case study. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 128–41.
Lützkendorf, T and Speer, T M (2005) Alleviating asymmetric information in property markets: building performance and product quality as signals for consumers. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 182–95.
Meacham, B, Bowen, R, Traw, J and Moore, A (2005) Performance-based building regulation: current situation and future needs. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 91–106.
Runeson, G and de Valence, G (2015) A critique of the methodology of building economics: trust the theories. Construction Management and Economics, 33(02), 117-25.
Sexton, M and Barrett, P (2005) Performance-based building and innovation: balancing client and industry needs. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 142–8.
Trinius, W and Sjöström, C (2005) Service life planning and performance requirements. Building Research & Information, 33(02), 173–81.
Winch, G M (2015) Project organizing as a problem in information. Construction Management and Economics, 33(02), 106-16.
- Type: Journal Article
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- ISBN/ISSN: 0144-6193
- URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2015.1021703
- Abstract:
One of the most influential perspectives in business and management has been the Carnegie School, represented by such luminaries as James March, Hebert Simon, Oliver Williamson and Zur Shapira. The perspective underpins much of contemporary organization theory and organizational economics. Yet there have only been limited attempts to apply it to the domain of construction economics and management. An important exception to this statement is the application of Williamson's transaction cost economics to the governance of inter-firm relations in construction, but the opportunity is presently being missed for a more thorough-going application. The aim, therefore, is to suggest what such an application might look like and why it might be useful in stimulating new lines of research enquiry. The principal tenets of the Carnegie School are examined, as well as the central role of uncertainty and bounded rationality in those tenets. The contributions to organization theory of the Carnegie School are drawn upon to conceptualize project organizing as a problem in information, and suggest a new perspective on the microfoundations for that theory.