Strategic options and firm value

Managerial Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 893-903

  Lin, Lihui ^a   Kulatilaka, Nalin ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate investments; Innovation; Research and development

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015675157     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350710823845     Document Type: Article

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