Decision making under uncertainty - Real options to the rescue?

Engineering Economist

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 105-150

  Miller, Luke T ^a   Park, Chan S ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE BUSINESS; DECISION ANALYSIS TOOL; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DECISION MAKING UNDER UNCERTAINTY; ENGINEERING ECONOMICS; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS; RESEARCH EFFORTS;

ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 1642581349     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910208965029     Document Type: Article

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