03716nam 2200721Ia 450 991082162050332120200520144314.00-429-14181-51-282-31211-11-4200-7170-X978661231211310.1201/9781420071702(CKB)1000000000817070(EBL)566026(OCoLC)664233838(SSID)ssj0000307744(PQKBManifestationID)11238237(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307744(PQKBWorkID)10250113(PQKB)10740884(MiAaPQ)EBC566026(Au-PeEL)EBL566026(CaPaEBR)ebr10340858(CaONFJC)MIL231211(OCoLC)476284938(OCoLC)172980284(FINmELB)ELB154144(EXLCZ)99100000000081707020090813d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReal options in engineering design, operations, and management /Harriet Black Nembhard, Mehmet Aktan1st ed.Boca Raton CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group20091 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4200-7169-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front cover; Contents; Preface; Editors; Contributors; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Real Options in Practice; Chapter 3. Origins of Real Options in Engineering; Chapter 4. Real Options in Manufacturing Operations; Chapter 5. Real Options Valuation for Quality Improvement; Chapter 6. Real Options in Outsourcing; Chapter 7. Barriers to Real Options Adoption and Use in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Project Management Practice; Chapter 8. Identifying Real Options to Improve the Design of Engineering SystemsChapter 9. Real Options in Underground Mining Systems Planning and DesignChapter 10. Real Options in Engineering Systems Design; Chapter 11. Real Options Model for Workforce Cross-Training; Chapter 12. Real Options Design for Sustainable Product Quality Management; Chapter 13. Real Options in Nanotechnology R&D; Chapter 14. Real Options-Based Analysis in Pharmaceutical Partnerships for Research and Development; Chapter 15. Hands-On Applications: Real Option Super Lattice Solver Software; Index; Back coverGiven that engineering flexibility can potentially provide a competitive advantage, the question then becomes: Precisely how valuable is this flexibility? However, traditional methods often fail to accurately capture the economic value of investments in an environment of widespread uncertainty and rapid change. The real options method represents the new state-of-the-art technique for valuation and management of strategic investments, enabling corporate decision-makers to leverage uncertainty and limit downside risk. Real Options in Engineering Design, Operations, and MEngineering designManagementOperations researchReal options (Finance)Engineering designManagement.Operations research.Real options (Finance)620620.0042620/.0042620.0042Nembhard Harriet Black1593985Aktan Mehmet1593986MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821620503321Real options in engineering design, operations, and management3914372UNINA