Capabilities as Real Options

Organization Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 744-758

  Kogut, Bruce ^a   Kulatilaka, Nalin ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Capabilities; Heuristics; Irreversibility; Landscapes; Options; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035646884     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.12.6.744.10082     Document Type: Article

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