Uncertainty and industry structure effects on managerial intuition about information technology real options

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-240

  Lankton, Nancy ^a   Luft, Joan ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral finance; IT investments; Real options theory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS; BEHAVIORAL FINANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION OUTCOME; DEFERRAL OPTION; EXPECTED UTILITY; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GROWTH OPTIONS; INDUSTRY STRUCTURES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS; IT INVESTMENTS; MARKET BEHAVIOR; REAL OPTIONS; REAL OPTIONS ANALYSIS; REAL OPTIONS THEORY; REGRET THEORY; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION;

COMPETITION; DECISION THEORY; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 66549115367     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222250209     Document Type: Article

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