Flexibility planning for managing R&D projects under risk

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 823-831

  Wang, Juite ^a   Yang, Chung Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Managerial flexibility; New product development; R D management; Real options; Risk management; Uncertainty management

Indexed keywords

CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; DRUG DEVELOPMENT; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING MODEL; MANAGERIAL FLEXIBILITY; MARKET RISKS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; OPTION PRICING; PLANNING METHODOLOGY; POTENTIAL MARKETS; POTENTIAL RISKS; POTENTIAL VALUES; PRODUCT LAUNCH; PRODUCT PERFORMANCE; PROJECT PLANNING; REAL OPTION ANALYSIS; REAL OPTIONS; UNCERTAINTY MANAGEMENT;

COMMERCE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ECONOMICS; MANAGERS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84155165029     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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