A real options logic for initiating technology positioning investments

被引:487
作者
McGrath, RG [1 ]
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[1] Columbia Univ, Management Org Div, Columbia Business Sch, New York, NY 10027 USA
[2] Columbia Univ, Wharton Sch, Snider Entrepreneurial Ctr, New York, NY 10027 USA
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10.2307/259251
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F [经济];
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02 ;
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In this article I extend real options theory to technology positioning projects and specify how the relationship between boundary conditions and uncertainty influences the value of a: technology option as well as the appropriate timing of its exercise. I also take a: strategic perspective on uncertainty itself, concluding that option value can be amplified by investments to shift boundaries, ideally in ways that are idiosyncratic to the firm.
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页码:974 / 996
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