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May 25, 2015 bent flyvbjerg of oxford university speaks with econtalk host russ roberts about the political economy of megaprojectsmassive investments of a billion dollars or more in infrastructure or technology. Professor flyvbjergs research focuses on the better management of megaprojects, including the olympic games, and cities. Also, the technologically highrisk apollo aerospace programme is considered a classic success story of megaprojec. Bent flyvbjerg is professor and chair of major programme management at oxford university. Cambridge university press and china science publishing and media, 209 pp.
Studies social sciences, management, and project management. An anatomy of ambition is a 2003 book by bent flyvbjerg, nils bruzelius, and werner rothengatter, published by cambridge university. In lurid and startling detail it examines dozens of vast construction schemes around the world. Preface to the chinese edition of megaprojects and risk by. Read megaprojects and risk online, read in mobile or kindle.
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