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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…
How to Solve Big Problems: Bespoke Versus Platform Strategies
Atif Ansar, Bent Flyvbjerg
How should government and business solve big problems? In bold leaps or in many smaller moves? We show that bespoke, one-off projects are prone to poorer outcomes than projects bui…
Top Ten Behavioral Biases in Project Management: An Overview
Bent Flyvbjerg
Behavioral science has witnessed an explosion in the number of biases identified by behavioral scientists, to more than 200 at present. This article identifies the 10 most importan…
Quasiparticle electronic structure and optical response (+BSE) of anatase TiO starting from modified HSE06 functionals
Sruthil Lal S. B, D Murali, Matthias Posselt +2
The quasiparticle electronic structure and optical excitation of anatase TiO is determined within the framework of many-body perturbation theory (MBPT) by combining the $G_0W_0…
Four Ways to Scale Up: Smart, Dumb, Forced, and Fumbled
Bent Flyvbjerg
Scale-up is the process of growing a venture in size. The paper identifies modularity and speed as keys to successful scale-up. On that basis four types of scale-up are identified:…
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…