A Hybrid Real Options Model to Assess the Impact of an Innovation on Existing Infrastructure Assets

Infrastructure finds itself at a convoluted juncture. A vast network of problems and choices are to be made, where the right course of action can solve the issues that has befuddled the infrastructure domain. These problems can be briefly described as; ageing assets that are no longer fit for purpose, use of infrastructure as a political tool...

Upscaling the residential heat provision towards the district scale: Managing geothermal district heating development

The world has been facing a detrimental climate change since the beginning of the industrial era due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are expected to increase exponentially whereas the energy sector is the largest pollutant. Households in the Netherlands are one of the dominant final end users of energy and a transition...

Contract models: Cost & time overruns

In many construction projects cost and time overruns occur. Especially when public parties are involved in these overruns this may lead to an image decline for the whole construction industry. Flyvbjerg researched multiple infrastructural projects in 20 different countries and found that roads are in average 20% more expensive than planned and...

Cost and time overruns: Business as usual; from failure to success projects by steering and intervening in building processes

Cost and time overruns are common but unacceptable. Research on causes and indicators has been done but cost and time overruns still take place. The focus on success projects in relation to management methods should give new perspectives. This research will focus on management tools to steer and/or intervene in the process to prevent or decrease...

Creative Solvers: A new creative platform originated from the analysis of creative problem solving and decision making

Both divergence and convergence are important drivers for the development of new ideas, and consequently products becoming drivers for innovation. Starting from this notion, this thesis investigates the areas of creative problem solving and decision-making, taking into account practices from new product development. Drawing inferences from...