Uncertainty, risk, and real options: Who wins, who loses?

Management Decision

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1080-1089

  Reed, Richard ^a   Storrud Barnes, Susan F ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Managers; Shareholders; Targets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955068156     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741011068789     Document Type: Article

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