Lock-in and its influence on the project performance of large-scale transportation infrastructure projects: Investigating the way in which lock-in can emerge and affect cost overruns

Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 792-807

  Cantarelli, Chantal C ^a   Flyvbjerg, Bent ^b   van Wee, Bert ^a   Molin, Eric J E ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

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EID: 77958087569     PISSN: 02658135     EISSN: 14723417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/b36017     Document Type: Article

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