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...

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...

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...

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...

In this paper, we estimate the value of an Information Communication Technology (ICT) investment opportunity, modeled as a Real Option (RO), when there is competition threat that can influence negatively its value or even more eliminate it. So far in the ICT literature, competition modeling is...

Traditional investment appraisal approaches, such as discounted cash flow and net present value (NPV) do not capture the flexibility in the investment deployment strategy. In this paper, we use Real Options (ROs) to capture the value of flexibility in the evaluation of a real-life telemetry and...

In this paper, we estimate the overall value of an Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure project, which supports a number of future investment opportunities. We treat these opportunities as Real Options (RO) and assume that there is competition threat that can influence...

Information-Communication Technology (ICT) investments analysis using Real Options (ROs) has been a subject of active research during the last decade. It is a flexible method to value investment opportunities and to derive optimal timing of investments deployment taking into account...

Traditional investment analysis approaches such as discounted cash flow and net present value do not capture the flexibility in the investment evaluation. In this paper, Real Options (ROs) are used to capture the value of flexibility in the evaluation of optical fibre investments along a...

This paper provides a methodology for finding the optimum deployment strategy for ICT business activities in the context of initial infrastructure projects, which support a number of future investment opportunities. It treats these opportunities as real options (ROs) and assumes that there is a...