Search Results - subject:"cost overrun"

Optimal cost overruns : procurement auctions and renegotiation

Herweg, Fabian; Schwarz, Marco A. - 2016 - This version: March 18, 2016

Cost overrun is ubiquitous in public procurement. We argue that this can be the result of a constraint optimal award …

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Explaining cost overruns in infrastructural projects: A new framework with applications to Sweden

Brunes, Fredrik; Lind, Hans - Institutionen för fastigheter och byggande, Kungliga … - 2014

dimensions: when during the process that the cost overrun arose and what part of the cost function was responsible (change in the …

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Adequate Quantification of Project Cost Risks: Introduction of Non-Linear Probabilistic (Monte Carlo) Technique

Raydugin, Yuri - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-20

Literature on project management contains an abundancy of references to abnormally high project cost overruns as well as bitter complaints that modern risk quantification methods could not accurately predict project cost outcomes in many cases. This article provides a) an explanation of...

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Study of relationship between cost overrun and labour productivity in road construction projects

Mahamid, Ibrahim - In: International journal of productivity and quality … 24 (2018) 2, pp. 143-164

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HOW DO INDIAN SOFTWARE PROJECTS PERFORM? A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

THOMAS, Sam; BHASI, M. - In: Management Research and Practice 5 (2013) 2, pp. 52-62

Software projects are known for their time and cost overruns as well as their failure to meet the desired specifications. Studies from the western world have shown that the success rate hovers around 30% only. This research is reported from India, the hub of outsourced project development. Based...

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Cost escalations in the front-end of projects : empirical evidence from Norwegian road projects

Welde, Morten; Odeck, James - In: Transport reviews : TR 37 (2017) 5, pp. 612-630

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Schedule and cost overrun analysis for R&D projects using ANP and system dynamics

Kumar, Sandeep; Thakkar, J. J. - In: International journal of quality & reliability management 34 (2017) 9, pp. 1551-1567

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Latent geotechnical pathogens inducing cost overruns in highway projects

Amadi, Alolote Ibim; Higham, Anthony - In: Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction 22 (2017) 3, pp. 269-285

empirical evidence supporting a cause–effect relationship between the extent of cost overrun and key geotechnical factors. It is … cost overrun research. …

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Improving the cost estimates of complex projects in the project-based industries

Sridarran, Pournima; Keraminiyage, Kaushal; Herszon, Leon - In: Built Environment Project and Asset Management 7 (2017) 2, pp. 173-184

Purpose Project-based industries face major challenges in controlling project cost and completing within the budget. This is a critical issue as it often connects to the main objectives of any project. However, accurate estimation at the beginning of the project is difficult. Scholars argue that...

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Schedule and cost overrun analysis for R&D projects using ANP and system dynamics

Kumar, Sandeep; Thakkar, J.J. - In: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 34 (2017) 9, pp. 1551-1567

Purpose Schedule and cost overrun analysis for a typical research & development (R&D) project is necessary to identify … economic) are developed to undertake a detailed investigation on effect of individual factor on schedule and cost overrun. The … as “Project delays,” “Unexpected incidents” and “Conflicts” have the highest influence on schedule and cost overrun …

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