Ex-ante economic assessment in incremental R&D projects: technical and development time uncertainties addressed by the real options theory

This paper analyzes changes in the assessment of an incremental R&D project by an industrial firm with the progressive consideration of the endogenous treatment of its main sources of uncertainty: technical performance and development time. We found that the project, which was unfeasible under a...

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Main Authors: Luis Alberto Melchiades Leite, José Paulo Teixeira, Carlos Patrício Samanez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Operacional 2012-12-01
Series:Pesquisa Operacional
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-74382012000300008