On the valuation of multistage information technology investments embedding nested real options

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 239-261

  Benaroch, Michel ^a   Shah, Sandeep ^b,c,d   Jeffery, Mark ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF)

^d Sapient Consulting

Author keywords

Black Scholes model; Interdependent investments; IT investment; Nested real options; Options; Real

Indexed keywords

BLACK-SCHOLES MODEL; INTERDEPENDENT INVESTMENTS; IT INVESTMENT; NESTED REAL OPTIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845779035     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230108     Document Type: Article

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