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Jul 21, 2021

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What the IOC Doesn't Want You to Know about the Olympics

Short articles with deep insights into the Games

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Open letter to IOC President Thomas Bach

Oxford scholars respond to unfounded critique from the IOC*

Jul 19, 2021

Open letter to IOC President Thomas Bach

Jul 19, 2021

Bent Flyvbjerg

Six Steps to Better Olympic Games

Hosting the Olympic Games is the most risky type of megaproject that a city or nation can take on, in terms of financial and economic risk…

Nov 2, 2020

Six Steps to Better Olympic Games

Nov 2, 2020

Bent Flyvbjerg

Should You Host the Olympics?

All Games without exception have cost overrun, 172 percent on average, in real terms

Jul 13, 2021

Should You Host the Olympics?

Jul 13, 2021

Bent Flyvbjerg

Six Reasons Why Olympic Costs Blow Up

The Olympic budget is a downpayment. Nothing more.

Jul 14, 2021

Six Reasons Why Olympic Costs Blow Up

Jul 14, 2021

Bent Flyvbjerg

Do the Olympics Give Higher Economic Growth?

Hosts hope for higher GDP. What actually happens?

May 26, 2021

Do the Olympics Give Higher Economic Growth?

May 26, 2021

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TDS Archive

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How Big Is Cost Overrun for the Olympics?

All Games, without exception, have had cost overruns. For no other type of mega-project is this the case.

Jul 14, 2021

How Big Is Cost Overrun for the Olympics?

Jul 14, 2021

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How Much Do the Olympics Cost?

The most expensive Games to date are Sochi 2014. Tokyo 2020 are set to change this

Jul 19, 2021

How Much Do the Olympics Cost?

Jul 19, 2021

Bent Flyvbjerg

Bent Flyvbjerg

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Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford; Professor, IT University of Copenhagen. Writes about project management. https://www.linkedin.com/in/flyvbjerg/

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