Real options pricing and organizations: The contingent risks of extended theoretical domains

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 102-110

  Kogut, Bruce ^a   Kulatilaka, Nalin ^b  

^a INSEAD   (France)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0942289769     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2004.11851725     Document Type: Review

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