Uncertainty and stepwise investment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 196-203

  Kort, Peter M ^a,b   Murto, Pauli ^c   Pawlina, Grzegorz ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Dynamic programming; Investment analysis; Project flexibility; Real options

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL BUDGETING; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; INVESTMENT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT STRATEGY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; OPTIMAL INVESTMENTS; PROJECT FLEXIBILITY; REAL OPTIONS; SINGLE STAGE; TIME POINTS; TOTAL COSTS;

BUDGET CONTROL; COMMERCE; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 70349739204     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.027     Document Type: Article

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