Innovation in Megaprojects and the Role of Project Complexity

Analysis of Collaborative Innovation Behavior of Megaproject Participants Under the Reward and Punishment Mechanism

“…Because the technical complexity and environmental uncertainty of megaprojects bring about great challenges with regard to a smooth construction (Bahadorestani et al, 2020;Romestant, 2020), which increases the demand for technological innovation , an increasing number of scholars are paying attention to topics related to megaproject innovation. Innovation in megaprojects can be defined as "the successful commercial exploitation of new ideas, and it includes the scientific, technological, organizational, financial, and business activities leading to the introduction of a new (or improved) product or service" (Cantarelli, 2022). Moreover, megaproject innovation needs to cross organizational boundaries and relies on the close cooperation of a large number of participants (Brockmann et al, 2016).…”

“…Given the temporary dispersion of project organization, Winch (2013) believes that the performance of technology innovation in construction megaprojects can be improved through integrated management, including multi-project integrated management, design and construction integrated management, etc. Cantarelli (2022) examined how the technical complexity of megaprojects specifically affects the innovation dimension. Davies et al (2014) pointed out that there are two kinds of technological innovation activities: "top-down innovation" and "bottom-up innovation" in the construction megaproject according to how the innovation starts and develops.…”