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physics.soc-ph2022
The Empirical Reality of IT Project Cost Overruns: Discovering A Power-Law Distribution
Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, Jong Seok Lee +3
If managers assume a normal or near-normal distribution of Information Technology (IT) project cost overruns, as is common, and cost overruns can be shown to follow a power-law dis…
q-fin.GN2020★ 116 cited
Regression to the Tail: Why the Olympics Blow Up
Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier, Daniel Lunn
The Olympic Games are the largest, highest-profile, and most expensive megaevent hosted by cities and nations. Average sports-related costs of hosting are $12.0 billion. Non-sports…