A Research Framework of the Synergistic Mechanism between the Contract Rigidity and the Contract Flexibility Based on the Improvement of Project Management Performance

The synergistic mechanism between the contract rigidity and the contract flexibility is an effective way to improve the project management performance, but the lack of research on measurement of this mechanism has hindered the scientific decision-making in practice. The paper constructs an empirical research framework which includes the research logic, the research contents, the research methodology and some application strategies and so on. This framework has a certain methodological significance for the study of the contract design or the contract optimization.