Efforts and efficiency in partial outsourcing and investment timing strategy under market uncertainty

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-33

  Moon, Yongma ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Investment decision; Market uncertainty; Outsourcing; Real option

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL BUDGETING; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; INVESTMENT TIMING; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; MARKET UNCERTAINTY; NET PRESENT VALUE; OPTIMAL TIME; OUTSOURCE; REAL OPTION MODELS; REAL OPTIONS; TIMING STRATEGY;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUDGET CONTROL; COMMERCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PROFITABILITY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

OUTSOURCING;

EID: 77955281014     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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