Strategic technology adoption taking into account future technological improvements: A real options approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 705-728

  Huisman, Kuno J M ^a   Kort, Peter M ^b,c  

^a Centre for Quantitative Methods   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Investment analysis; Preemption; Real options; Technological uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; PREEMPTION; REAL OPTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 3342879249     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00421-1     Document Type: Article

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