eprintid: 10187180 rev_number: 12 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/18/71/80 datestamp: 2024-03-14 14:57:51 lastmod: 2024-03-14 14:57:51 status_changed: 2024-03-14 14:57:51 type: thesis metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: El Tannir, Mohamad title: The Interplay of Alliance Governance, Cooperation and Coordination in Interorganisational Projects: A Viable Alliance Model Perspective ispublished: unpub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F49 note: Copyright © The Author 2023. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. abstract: Inter-organizational relationship (IOR) governance involves contractual and relational mechanisms. Prior research has examined their interplay in dyadic arrangements to determine if they complement or substitute each other. However, few studies explore these dynamics in inter-organizational projects (IOPs) within alliance networks, which have unique characteristics such as time constraints and high uncertainty. This thesis aims to understand how governance, cooperation, and coordination interact in IOPs within alliance networks and introduces a new framework, the Viable Alliance Model (VAM), for analysing these constructs across multi-level boundaries. Abductive reasoning guided this research, which consisted of three phases. First, ten semi-structured interviews contributed to shaping the VAM and providing a comprehensive view of alliances. Second, three alliance networks were studied to comprehend the interplay of governance, cooperation, and coordination across project and sub-system boundaries. These networks included two projects each, with varying success levels. Third, card-sorting exercises involving six participants were conducted to validate the interplay of these factors. The findings reveal that governance and coordination mechanisms cascade across inter-organizational boundaries, while cooperation remains largely within sub-system boundaries. The study emphasizes the influential role of governance on both cooperation and coordination, as well as the reinforcing effect between cooperation and coordination. Managers are advised to carefully design and monitor governance and coordination mechanisms at upper subsystemic levels. Additionally, the maintenance of cooperation across all levels is crucial. It is cautioned that attributing cooperation and coordination failures solely to specific governance mechanisms may overlook the cascading effect, where the root cause could be a different governance mechanism with broader influence. date: 2024-02-28 date_type: published oa_status: green full_text_type: other thesis_class: doctoral_open thesis_award: Ph.D language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2245906 lyricists_name: El Tannir, Mohamad lyricists_id: MELTA97 actors_name: El Tannir, Mohamad actors_id: MELTA97 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public pages: 280 institution: UCL (University College London) department: Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction thesis_type: Doctoral citation: El Tannir, Mohamad; (2024) The Interplay of Alliance Governance, Cooperation and Coordination in Interorganisational Projects: A Viable Alliance Model Perspective. Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10187180/2/PhD%20Final%20Draft%20-%20MT%20%281%29.pdf