{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7104048417","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2025.3629551","title":"Unveiling Megaproject Innovative Collaboration Through Game Theory: Evidence From China","display_name":"Unveiling Megaproject Innovative Collaboration Through Game Theory: Evidence From China","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-01-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7104048417","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2025.3629551"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2025.3629551","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2025.3629551","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Yajiao Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5244-5683"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I116953780","display_name":"Tongji University","ror":"https://ror.org/03rc6as71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I116953780"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yajiao Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5244-5683","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I116953780"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Qinghua He","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I116953780","display_name":"Tongji University","ror":"https://ror.org/03rc6as71","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I116953780"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qinghua He","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I116953780"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Xiaoyan Chen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-8257"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I62853816","display_name":"Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture","ror":"https://ror.org/02yj0p855","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I62853816"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xiaoyan Chen","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Urban Economics and Management, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0036-8257","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Urban Economics and Management, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Beijing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I62853816"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Likai Zheng","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I76569877","display_name":"Southeast University","ror":"https://ror.org/04ct4d772","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I76569877"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Likai Zheng","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I76569877"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Yifei Luo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9217-4099"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I90610280","display_name":"South China University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/0530pts50","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yifei Luo","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0000-9217-4099","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I90610280"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5351,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":1,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.88581144,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"72","issue":null,"first_page":"4294","last_page":"4307"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10395","display_name":"Construction Project Management and Performance","score":0.6003999710083008,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10395","display_name":"Construction Project Management and Performance","score":0.6003999710083008,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.07129999995231628,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13402","display_name":"Business Strategy and Innovation","score":0.039000000804662704,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/megaproject","display_name":"Megaproject","score":0.9485999941825867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/nexus","display_name":"Nexus (standard)","score":0.46389999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reputation","display_name":"Reputation","score":0.43950000405311584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-sharing","display_name":"Information sharing","score":0.41620001196861267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/standardization","display_name":"Standardization","score":0.41530001163482666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/china","display_name":"China","score":0.39750000834465027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spillover-effect","display_name":"Spillover effect","score":0.3747999966144562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/key","display_name":"Key (lock)","score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/empirical-research","display_name":"Empirical research","score":0.35409998893737793},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stability","display_name":"Stability (learning theory)","score":0.34540000557899475}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777212580","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2475641","display_name":"Megaproject","level":2,"score":0.9485999941825867},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.5174999833106995},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148609458","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7021281","display_name":"Nexus (standard)","level":2,"score":0.46389999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48798503","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877546","display_name":"Reputation","level":2,"score":0.43950000405311584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776854237","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6031064","display_name":"Information sharing","level":2,"score":0.41620001196861267},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C188087704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369577","display_name":"Standardization","level":2,"score":0.41530001163482666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C191935318","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148","display_name":"China","level":2,"score":0.39750000834465027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.3804999887943268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1411783","display_name":"Industrial organization","level":1,"score":0.3799999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55527203","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334194","display_name":"Spillover effect","level":2,"score":0.3747999966144562},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C26517878","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q228039","display_name":"Key (lock)","level":2,"score":0.36390000581741333},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120936955","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2155640","display_name":"Empirical research","level":2,"score":0.35409998893737793},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C112972136","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7595718","display_name":"Stability (learning theory)","level":2,"score":0.34540000557899475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C195094911","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14167904","display_name":"Process management","level":1,"score":0.33180001378059387},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2164484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5170150","display_name":"Core (optical fiber)","level":2,"score":0.328900009393692},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C89611455","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6804646","display_name":"Mechanism (biology)","level":2,"score":0.313400000333786},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C22607594","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5375150","display_name":"Enabling","level":2,"score":0.3116999864578247},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C143219415","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1417293","display_name":"Technology management","level":2,"score":0.3052000105381012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148220186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7111912","display_name":"Outcome (game theory)","level":2,"score":0.3034000098705292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.2989000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777735972","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1061967","display_name":"Platoon","level":3,"score":0.29670000076293945},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759524","display_name":"Organizational structure","level":2,"score":0.2962000072002411},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15952604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179012","display_name":"Project management","level":2,"score":0.2883000075817108},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2119116","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7181","display_name":"Globalization","level":2,"score":0.28790000081062317},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C197115733","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1003136","display_name":"Forcing (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.28600001335144043},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18806943","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q223210","display_name":"Critical success factor","level":2,"score":0.28529998660087585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C539667460","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2414942","display_name":"Management science","level":1,"score":0.2833999991416931},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121017731","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11661","display_name":"Information technology","level":2,"score":0.2782000005245209},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114713312","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7551269","display_name":"Social network analysis","level":3,"score":0.2752000093460083},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C189693848","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6031064","display_name":"Information exchange","level":2,"score":0.2745000123977661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166052673","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q83021","display_name":"Empirical evidence","level":2,"score":0.272599995136261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C169735623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1430172","display_name":"Organizational learning","level":2,"score":0.27149999141693115},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98965940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877496","display_name":"Transaction cost","level":2,"score":0.26809999346733093},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C164065428","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1201929","display_name":"Core competency","level":2,"score":0.2676999866962433},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C176777502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4774623","display_name":"Anticipation (artificial intelligence)","level":2,"score":0.25690001249313354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34947359","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q665189","display_name":"Complex network","level":2,"score":0.25380000472068787}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tem.2025.3629551","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tem.2025.3629551","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S154533451","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","issn_l":"0018-9391","issn":["0018-9391","1558-0040"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6420302391052246,"display_name":"Industry, innovation and infrastructure","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/9"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3788920165","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"72401020","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5775268355","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"72371189","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":70,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1657305500","https://openalex.org/W1970124872","https://openalex.org/W2008620264","https://openalex.org/W2058236383","https://openalex.org/W2085925740","https://openalex.org/W2092639688","https://openalex.org/W2107524589","https://openalex.org/W2118847390","https://openalex.org/W2151736400","https://openalex.org/W2165798179","https://openalex.org/W2167062553","https://openalex.org/W2208696203","https://openalex.org/W2290633446","https://openalex.org/W2369658314","https://openalex.org/W2560625242","https://openalex.org/W2676762048","https://openalex.org/W2724966784","https://openalex.org/W2800031712","https://openalex.org/W2890050593","https://openalex.org/W2898710706","https://openalex.org/W2909100538","https://openalex.org/W2920575517","https://openalex.org/W2943941146","https://openalex.org/W2998588364","https://openalex.org/W3010563676","https://openalex.org/W3022507500","https://openalex.org/W3027899519","https://openalex.org/W3087741972","https://openalex.org/W3102023489","https://openalex.org/W3102935550","https://openalex.org/W3122393673","https://openalex.org/W3131971791","https://openalex.org/W3145228674","https://openalex.org/W3183302362","https://openalex.org/W3190356438","https://openalex.org/W3201171773","https://openalex.org/W3203084534","https://openalex.org/W4200093237","https://openalex.org/W4220763796","https://openalex.org/W4225264754","https://openalex.org/W4283758687","https://openalex.org/W4293254171","https://openalex.org/W4306790232","https://openalex.org/W4317508229","https://openalex.org/W4388282853","https://openalex.org/W4388909941","https://openalex.org/W4389160362","https://openalex.org/W4394695792","https://openalex.org/W4396548410","https://openalex.org/W4396691646","https://openalex.org/W4398140580","https://openalex.org/W4398248923","https://openalex.org/W4399779903","https://openalex.org/W4399800739","https://openalex.org/W4400417309","https://openalex.org/W4401120424","https://openalex.org/W4401841841","https://openalex.org/W4403492413","https://openalex.org/W4404628235","https://openalex.org/W4404809657","https://openalex.org/W4406138210","https://openalex.org/W4406712982","https://openalex.org/W4406756322","https://openalex.org/W4406757201","https://openalex.org/W4407462022","https://openalex.org/W4407665558","https://openalex.org/W4407979317","https://openalex.org/W4408222911","https://openalex.org/W4409162230","https://openalex.org/W4409946838"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Understanding":[0],"collaboration":[1,126],"strategies":[2],"and":[3,28,44,64,76,88,93,96,120,153,169,181],"dynamic":[4,77],"patterns":[5,78],"among":[6],"organizations":[7],"with":[8],"unequal":[9],"status":[10,46],"in":[11,104,139,178,196],"megaproject":[12,49],"technological":[13],"innovation":[14,26,194],"networks":[15,180],"represents":[16],"a":[17,58,171],"critical":[18],"research":[19,35],"issue,":[20],"as":[21],"it":[22],"profoundly":[23],"influences":[24],"the":[25,38,55,85,116,143,151,160],"performance":[27],"ultimate":[29],"success":[30],"of":[31,41,79,100,146],"megaprojects.":[32,197],"However,":[33],"existing":[34],"inadequately":[36],"addresses":[37],"significant":[39],"impact":[40],"network":[42,60],"characteristics":[43],"organizational":[45,161,190],"disparities":[47],"on":[48,91],"innovations.":[50],"To":[51],"address":[52],"this":[53],"gap,":[54],"study":[56,165],"develops":[57],"complex":[59],"evolutionary":[61],"game-theoretic":[62],"model":[63],"leverages":[65],"Tien-yow":[66],"Jeme":[67],"Civil":[68],"Engineering":[69],"Prize":[70],"data":[71],"to":[72,135,192],"simulate":[73],"stability":[74,89],"conditions":[75,90],"inter-organizational":[80],"collaboration.":[81],"This":[82,164],"paper":[83],"verifies":[84],"model's":[86],"equilibrium":[87],"random":[92],"scale-free":[94],"networks,":[95],"conducts":[97],"sensitivity":[98],"analyses":[99],"several":[101],"key":[102],"factors":[103],"an":[105],"empirical":[106],"network,":[107],"further":[108],"confirming":[109],"their":[110],"robustness.":[111],"Findings":[112],"indicate":[113],"that":[114,188],"rationalizing":[115],"benefit-distribution":[117],"system,":[118],"reputation":[119],"punishment":[121],"mechanisms":[122,187],"can":[123],"promote":[124],"active":[125],"within":[127],"core":[128],"organizations,":[129],"while":[130],"controlling":[131],"spillover":[132],"benefits":[133],"helps":[134],"curb":[136],"free-rider":[137],"behavior":[138],"general":[140],"organizations.":[141],"Moreover,":[142],"appropriate":[144],"configuration":[145],"these":[147],"elements":[148],"shall":[149],"balance":[150],"fluctuations":[152],"inconsistencies":[154],"between":[155],"network-level":[156],"indicators,":[157],"not":[158],"merely":[159],"strategic":[162],"transitions.":[163],"offers":[166],"project":[167],"managers":[168],"scholars":[170],"novel":[172],"theoretical":[173],"lens":[174],"for":[175,185],"strategy":[176],"evolution":[177],"collaborative":[179],"provides":[182],"actionable":[183],"insights":[184],"designing":[186],"consider":[189],"heterogeneity":[191],"enhance":[193],"outcomes":[195]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-06-12T08:23:45.883708","created_date":"2025-11-06T00:00:00"}