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 Author: Leite,Luis Alberto Melchiades (author)
Other Authors: Teixeira,José Paulo (author), Samanez,Carlos Patrício (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-74382012000300008
Country:Brazil
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