Managing uncertainty during r&d projects: A case study

Research Technology Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Wouters, Marc ^a   Roorda, Berend ^a   Gal, Ruud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Option value; R D project management; Value allocation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC RETURNS; MANAGING UNCERTAINTY; OPTION VALUE; PHILIPS; PRACTICAL METHOD; PROJECT PORTFOLIO; VALUATION MODEL; VALUE ALLOCATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; VISUALIZATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 83055171527     PISSN: 08956308     EISSN: 19300166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5437/08953608X5402001     Document Type: Article

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