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Theoretical Perspective and Literature Review

In this chapter, we describe our theoretical perspective toward the research and review the relevant literature. In doing so, we identify the knowledge gap, that is, those particular parts of the research questions that cannot be answered through the existing literature. We start by outlining institutional theory as the underlying theoretical perspective for our four studies. Then, we review the literature on governance and governmentality in the realm of projects, organizational enablers, and projectification.

A review like this can only cover a subset of the literature written on a subject (Hart, 1998). Therefore, we undertook this review with the aim of identifying, in each ...

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