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hiding hand: a standalone construct

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the idea, from Hirschman, that underestimating a project's difficulties helps it start and creativity later rescues it, a claim Flyvbjerg tested and largely rejected.

In project management, hiding hand refers to the idea, from Hirschman, that underestimating a project's difficulties helps it start and creativity later rescues it, a claim Flyvbjerg tested and largely rejected. This meaning comes from Flyvbjerg (2016) in World Development.[1]

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References

  1. Flyvbjerg, B. (2016). The Fallacy of Beneficial Ignorance: A Test of Hirschman’s Hiding Hand. World Development, 84, 176-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.03.012

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