Exploiting uncertainty-investment opportunities as real options: A new way of thinking in engineering economics

Engineering Economist

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-36

  Park, Chan S ^a   Herath, Hemantha S B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE PLANNING; DECISION FRAMEWORK; ENGINEERING ECONOMIC DECISIONS; ENGINEERING ECONOMICS; INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES; NET PRESENT VALUE; REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 0001883957     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910008967534     Document Type: Article

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