An in depth analysis of the rapidly growing phenomenon of crowdsourcing reflects on the dramatic economic, cultural, business, and political implications of applying the open source idea to a variety of fields outside of software development and addresses the unique opportunities and problems of this expanding trend.
Public services are increasingly delivered through a range of forms of 'external' service-provision such as contracting, partnering and regulation. This new text assesses when and how public sector organizations might better draw on the work of these external parties and examines the wider implications for public leadership and management.
The book contains exhaustive coverage of topics of special importance in the Indian scenario including: General Principles of Contract, Contracts with Government, Tenders, Interpretation of Engineering Clauses, Building Contracts, Approvals and Certificates, Blacklisting, Bank Guarantees, Performance of Contract, Breach and Frustration of Contracts, Liquidated Damages, Defects, Extension of Tim…
The book contains exhaustive coverage of topics of special importance in the Indian scenario including: General Principles of Contract, Contracts with Government, Tenders, Interpretation of Engineering Clauses, Building Contracts, Approvals and Certificates, Blacklisting, Bank Guarantees, Performance of Contract, Breach and Frustration of Contracts, Liquidated Damages, Defects, Extension of Tim…
The Short Form of Contract is recommended for non-complex engineering and building work of relatively small value. The Guidance Notes for the Green Book recommended that generally it should not be used on projects with a contact value greater than US$500,000, however account needs to be taken of the complexity of the project and the time that has passed since the guidance notes were published. …