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What Causes Cost Overrun in Transport Infrastructure Projects?"
Bent Flyvbjerg, Mette K. Skamris Holm, Søren L. Buhl
This article presents results from the first statistically significant study of causes of cost escalation in transport infrastructure projects. The study is based on a sample of 25…
Why Your IT Project Might Be Riskier Than You Think
Bent Flyvbjerg, Alexander Budzier
Out-of-control information technology (IT) projects have ended the careers of top managers, such as EADS CEO Noel Forgeard and Levi Strauss' CIO David Bergen. Moreover, IT projects…
Why Mass Media Matter to Planning Research: The Case of Megaprojects
Bent Flyvbjerg
This article asks how planning scholarship may effectively gain impact in planning practice through media exposure. In liberal democracies the public sphere is dominated by mass me…
Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research
Bent Flyvbjerg
This article examines five common misunderstandings about case-study research: (1) Theoretical knowledge is more valuable than practical knowledge; (2) One cannot generalize from a…
How Planners Deal with Uncomfortable Knowledge: The Dubious Ethics of the American Planning Association
Bent Flyvbjerg
With a point of departure in the concept "uncomfortable knowledge," this article presents a case study of how the American Planning Association (APA) deals with such knowledge. APA…
Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition
Bent Flyvbjerg, Nils Bruzelius, Werner Rothengatter
Back cover text: Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multibillion-d…