Stochastic dominance and mean-variance measures of profit and loss for business planning and investment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 829-843

  Wong, Wing Keung ^a  

^a Risk Management Institute   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Applied probability; Decision analysis; Risk analysis; Risk management; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

APPLIED PROBABILITY; BUSINESS PLANNING AND INVESTMENT; MEAN VARIANCE; STOCHASTIC DOMINANCE (SD) THEORY;

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 34247468434     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.032     Document Type: Article

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