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OverviewCost overrun is common in public and private sector projects. Costs tend to grow, plans fail and financial problems follow, but how can we approve the right projects if we cannot estimate their true cost? This book, for academics in project management, management accounting and corporate finance, as well as for managers in the public and private sectors, offers a new way of thinking about the causes and consequences of cost overrun for firms and society. It demonstrates that there is a logic behind cost growth and overrun, identifies projects and situations that are more vulnerable, and examines the effects of increased costs. It further identifies the negative and positive consequences of cost overrun, analyses how and why preconditions for cost overrun differ when the logic governing private firms dominates versus the logic of the political sector, and explains why cost can sometimes be of lesser importance to decision makers. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Esbjörn Segelod (Mälardalens Högskola, Sweden)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781107173040ISBN 10: 1107173043 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 23 November 2017 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsAdvance praise: 'Projects running over budget and behind schedule are commonplace. Yet our knowledge about the causes remained piecemeal and scattered across various scholarly fields. The impressive review of the insights on the causes and consequences of such overruns offered in this book thus is highly topical - and the proposed model promises to enhance project management in practice just as much as scholarly research on the topic.' Stefan Linder, ESSEC Business School, France 'Projects running over budget and behind schedule are commonplace. Yet our knowledge about the causes remained piecemeal and scattered across various scholarly fields. The impressive review of the insights on the causes and consequences of such overruns offered in this book thus is highly topical - and the proposed model promises to enhance project management in practice just as much as scholarly research on the topic.' Stefan Linder, ESSEC Business School, France 'Projects running over budget and behind schedule are commonplace. Yet our knowledge about the causes remained piecemeal and scattered across various scholarly fields. The impressive review of the insights on the causes and consequences of such overruns offered in this book thus is highly topical - and the proposed model promises to enhance project management in practice just as much as scholarly research on the topic.' Stefan Linder, ESSEC Business School, France Author InformationEsbjörn Segelod is Professor in Business Administration at Mälardalen University, and was previously at Göteborgs Universitet, Sweden and Uppsala Universitet, Sweden. Most of his research has focused on the appraisals, assessments and processes associated with investments in major firms, entrepreneurship, the economic aspects of software development and accounting history. He has previously published nine books, four as editor. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |