Alkema, Jorn (2021) Reviving failed projects: Comparing the short term and long term performance in EU-funded airport failures. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
A critical report by the European Court of Auditors investigated the EU-funded renovation and building projects at 20 airports in 5 countries in Europe. It deemed all airport a ‘poor value for money’. This thesis looked at the long term relevance of the investments by looking at the performance of 4 of the 20 airports during the 2013-2019 period. A good long term strategy may in some cases result in project revival however, but as few projects are the same, not many research progress has been made regarding project revival. Using a comparative quantitative approach, this thesis looked into whether project revival was present in these cases and what we could learn form it. The research on the long term found promising trends at 3 of the 4 airports. 2 of 4 airports can be considered sustainable airports and one of them can even be called a success. The results confirmed existing literature on the relevance of long term analyses when assessing project performance. Project revival thus was apparent in 3 of the 4 cases, which showed similar conditions in the 2013-2019 period, such as takeovers by larger entities, good catchment areas, rising tourism numbers and a good use of the EU-funds.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Spatial Planning and Design |
| Supervisor: | Bandsma, K.V. |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2021 10:34 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2021 10:34 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3589 |
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