在“一带一路”倡议的推动下，中国企业积极参与国际工程设计-采购-施工（EPC）市场竞争。风险管理是决定国际EPC项目成败的关键，然而已有研究仅从概念层面提出伙伴关系在风险管理中的应用，缺乏对其内在机理的分析和系统性实证。该文提出基于伙伴关系的风险管理理论模型，并通过问卷数据和偏最小平方法结构方程对模型进行验证。该研究结果揭示了国际EPC项目伙伴关系、风险管理与项目绩效之间的作用机理；验证了总承包商与利益相关方的伙伴关系有助于加强接口管理、组织能力与合同管理，进而实现风险的有效控制和项目绩效的持续提升；并强调了伙伴关系和风险管理对于项目绩效具有重要作用。该研究结果有助于指导中国EPC总承包商有针对性地提高风险管理水平。
The Belt and Road Initiative has lead to many Chinese enterprises actively participating in the international engineering- procurement-construction (EPC) market. Risk management is essential for EPC project delivery. However, existing research has mostly used only conceptual studies to explore the use of partnering strategies in risk management without mechanism analyses and validation using empirical data. This paper presents a risk management model based on partnering theory that is evaluated using questionnaire data and the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method. The results show the relationships among partnering, risk management and project performance and verify that partnerships between the contractor and various stakeholders improve interface management, organizational capacity and contract management to achieve effective risk management and continuous improvement of project performance. The results highlight the importance of partnering and risk management for EPC project performance and contribute to improving risk management of Chinese EPC contractors.
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