Adapting real options to new product development by modeling the Second Toyota Paradox

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-185

  Ford, David N ^a   Sobek II, Durward K ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Product development; Project management; Real options; Set based concurrent engineering; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL;

REAL OPTIONS; SET BASED CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 18544365530     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.844466     Document Type: Article

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