Evaluation of innovative Agricultural extension projects using Novel investment tools;Inovacinių Žemės Ūkio Plėtros Projektų Vertinimas Naujomis Investicinėmis Priemonėmis

Technological and Economic Development of Economy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 703-716

  Michailidis, Anastasios ^a   Chatzitheodoridis, Fotios ^b   Theodosiou, George ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c Technological Education Institution of Larissa ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Agricultural extension; Innovation; Investment; Monte Carlo; Real options; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953185025     PISSN: 20294913     EISSN: 20294921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/tede.2010.43     Document Type: Article

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