Traditional investment appraisal techniques, such as net present value (NPV) do not capture the flexibility in the investment deployment strategy inherent in most of the technology projects. In this paper, we use Real Options (ROs) to capture the value of flexibility in the evaluation of a...

Recognizing the inadequacy of traditional quantitative cost-benefits analysis for evaluating telecommunications investments, researchers suggest real options (ROs) for controlling and valuating telecommunications business activities. However, ROs are based on the concept to delay investment for...

Information Communication Technology (ICT) projects may contain “wait and see” components, which give ICT managers the option to defer decisions until some uncertainty is resolved. In this paper, we treat these ICT opportunities as Real Options (RO) and assume that there is competition...

This study provides a model for analyzing the new perspectives for investors in the broadband business field. It integrates real options, SWOT analysis and fuzzy logic into a decision analysis framework for formulating and evaluating such business opportunities. Finally, we discuss a real case...

After the deregulation of the telecommunications market, municipalities and utility-based firms which own physical resources are capable of entering in this market. This study focuses on the broadband business field and provides a model for analyzing the new perspectives for new investors in the...

The information and communication technology (ICT) industry is one of the most capital intensive among the high-technology industries. ICT business analysis, especially after the industry deregulation, has become a difficult task. Traditional quantitative cost-benefit analysis concerning...

The inadequacy of traditional quantitative cost-benefit analysis for evaluating Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) infrastructure investments have led researchers to suggest real options (ROs) analysis for valuating ICT projects. However, ROs models are strictly quantitative and...

After the liberalization of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) markets many potential providers have appeared. Thus, business complexity, for ICT decision makers, has increased. In this paper we focus on the problem of selecting the optimal business evolution path for ICT, focusing...