Acknowledgements

This manuscript consolidates research carried on between September 2009 and December 2012 as part of the doctoral studies of Guilherme Biesek at the Manchester Business School (MBS) under the supervision of Professor Nuno Gil. This research was sponsored by a 2 1\2-year external research grant awarded by the Project Management Institute in 2009 (recipient Nuno Gil) and a 3-year MBS PhD bursary (recipient Guilherme Biesek). Its industrial sponsor was Network Rail, the private company but limited by a public guarantee that owns and operates Britain's railway infrastructure.

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