Analysis of R&D Innovation Projects with Embedded Real Options

Identification of Real Options “in” Projects

The concept of real options initiated in the field of finance has extended into engineering systems to model design flexibility in the realistically uncertain environment. However, whereas financial options are well-defined traded contracts, real options “in” engineering systems are a priori undefined, complex, and interdependent. Moreover, systems involve many more options than designers could...

A Real Options Game Involving Multiple Projects

The equilibrium is derived in a real options game on the basis of a multidimensional state variable. In the game, firms optimize both investment time and project choice in projects that have not been chosen by the leading competitors. We demonstrate how the equilibrium changes with the number of firms, the number of projects, and the correlation between project values. Consistent with previous ...

DQ Options: Evaluating Data Quality Projects Using Real Options

Data plays a critical role in organizations up to the point of being considered a competitive advantage. However, the quality of the organizations’ data is often inadequate, affecting strategic and tactical decision making, and even weakening the organization’s image. Nevertheless it is still challenging to encourage management to invest in data quality improvement projects. Performing a tradit...

Sustainable Planning of Supply Chains in Large-Scale Systems with Real Options Analysis

This paper presents a structure that empower designing supervisory groups to survey the estimation of real options in projects of enormous scale, incompletely standardized frameworks actualized a couple of times over the medium term. Specific options writing is done using a methodology of planning the design and making prior decisions regarding the arrangements of specific options, with a recre...

An Evolutionary Real Options Framework for Design and Management of Large-Scale Projects and Systems with Multiple Real Options