Uncertainty and the market valuation of R&D within a real options logic

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 343-361

  Oriani, Raffaele ^a   Sobrero, Maurizio ^b  

^a LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Market value; R D; Real options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; FORMAL LOGIC; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MARKET VALUES; REAL OPTIONS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 41149106957     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.664     Document Type: Article

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