Technology Switching Option and the Market Value of the Firm: A Model and an Empirical Test

Advances in Strategic Management

Volumn 24, Issue , 2007, Pages 429-458

  Oriani, Raffaele ^a  

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EID: 34250192859     PISSN: 07423322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-3322(07)24016-1     Document Type: Review

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