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Behavioural economies in development decision making

This paper will research why businesses fail, the human connection to business failure – especially in the real estate market – and how to plan for success in real estate developments. It is important to understand the heuristics or rule of thumb of what, why and how an individual is driven to make...

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Main Author: Nel, Paul
Other Authors: Viruly, Francois
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: Department of Construction Economics and Management 2025
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description This paper will research why businesses fail, the human connection to business failure – especially in the real estate market – and how to plan for success in real estate developments. It is important to understand the heuristics or rule of thumb of what, why and how an individual is driven to make certain decisions, their personality traits, past experiences and biases, how historic data can assist in predicting future market events, the variables thereof, and the use of traditional finance models within these paradigms.
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spelling oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/41128 Behavioural economies in development decision making Nel, Paul Viruly, Francois Property Studies This paper will research why businesses fail, the human connection to business failure – especially in the real estate market – and how to plan for success in real estate developments. It is important to understand the heuristics or rule of thumb of what, why and how an individual is driven to make certain decisions, their personality traits, past experiences and biases, how historic data can assist in predicting future market events, the variables thereof, and the use of traditional finance models within these paradigms. 2025-03-06T10:24:32Z 2025-03-06T10:24:32Z 2024 2025-03-06T09:02:55Z Thesis / Dissertation Masters MSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/41128 en eng application/pdf Department of Construction Economics and Management Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment University of Cape Town
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Behavioural economies in development decision making
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title Behavioural economies in development decision making
title_full Behavioural economies in development decision making
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title_short Behavioural economies in development decision making
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