Modeling international investment decisions for financial holding companies

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 800-814

  Trappey, Charles V ^a   Shih, Tsui Yii ^a   Trappey, Amy J C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Financial holding companies; Integer programming; Internationalization process model; Investment decision model; Market commitment; Market knowledge

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRATEGIC MATERIALS;

HOLDING COMPANIES; INVESTMENT RETURNS; INVESTMENT STRATEGIES;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 33846693614     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.02.038     Document Type: Article

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