Portfolio design for investment companies through scenario planning

Management Decision

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 513-532

  Hanafizadeh, Payam ^a   Kazazi, Abolfazl ^a   Bolhasani, Azam Jalili ^a  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Financial markets; Iran; Portfolio investment; Process planning; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955475318     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251741111126468     Document Type: Article

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