Workforce agility for stochastically diffused conditions-A real options perspective

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-334

  Qin, Ruwen ^a   Nembhard, David A ^b  

^a University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Real options; Strategic planning; Workforce agility

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL LEVELS; DECISION PROBLEMS; EXPECTED RETURN; MARKET RISKS; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; PER UNIT; PRODUCT-LIFE-CYCLE; PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTS; PRODUCTION QUALITY; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; REAL OPTIONS; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; RISK EXPOSURE; SEQUENTIAL INVESTMENTS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WORKFORCE PLANNING;

COMMERCE; PROFITABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 77950597812     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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