R&D investment decision on emerging technology

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-477

  Deng, Guang Jun ^a   Zeng, Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Emerging technology; investment decision; market driven innovation; R D; real options; technology driven innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957527983     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622011004403     Document Type: Article

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