the housing sector can be considered both the exchange of intermediate goods and the investment goods for the manufacturing sectors. the housing sector is the buyer of intermediate goods such as brick, cement, iron etc from one side, and uses the investment goods such as crane etc from other side. furthermore, it uses the labour force. thus, the housing sector has three types of buying which in...

This empirical study compares the advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) investment, the manufacturing infrastructure investment, and the interaction effect between these two types of investments using data from a sample of firms in Singapore and Sweden. The results suggest that the interaction of AMT investment and manufacturing infrastructure investment has a positive impact on the firm prof...

Investments in technology create a large amount of capital investments by major companies. Assessing such investment projects is identified as critical to the efficient assignment of resources. Viewing investment projects as real options, this paper expands a method for assessing technology investment decisions in the linkage existence of uncertainty and competition. It combines the game-theore...

mining and metallurgical projects are among those that require the most sizeable invest-ments undertaken in iran. one target of the current development plan and the ministry of mines and industries has been to attract foreign investment in mining projects. a survey of world-class mining companies was conducted to determine their expectations and in order to recommend a frame work for iran aimed...

In this paper, we develop two models for the valuation of information technology (IT) investment projects using the real options approach. The IT investment projects discussed in this paper are categorized into development and acquisition projects, depending upon the time it takes to start benefiting from the IT asset once the decision to invest has been taken. The models account for uncertaint...

unsuccessful experiences of two major exhibitions with more than 300 investment projects in mashhad organized with municipalities in 2010 and 2011 and weak implementation of 20 projects, propose the use appropriate methods to identify themes and patterns for components investment projects. this study aims to determine the priorities for investment in the district three of mashhad municipality. ...

We examine the problem of a risk-neutral investor who has to choose among two alternative projects of different scales under output price uncertainty. We show that as soon as investment in the smaller scale project is sometimes optimal, the optimal investment strategy is not a trigger strategy and the optimal investment region is dichotomous. Whenever the investor has the opportunity to switch ...

We consider investments in development projects within competitive environments where the ‘‘winner takes everything’’. Under stationary uncertainty, it is optimal to start investing immediately at full capacity and continue until exhausting the allocated budget. For non-stationary environments, active investment, possibly deferred, will always be at full capacity; an example demonstrates that f...

In recent years, and for the first time in Spanish economic history, outward direct investment flows outweigh inward flows. Catalan manufacturing not only mirrors this pattern, but also represents a high proportion of all Spanish manufacturing outward direct investment. In this paper, we analyse the factors that determine outward direct investment by Catalan manufacturing firms. We apply Dunnin...