Many investment decisions of agribusiness firms such as when to invest in an emerging market or whether to expand the capacity of the firm involve irreversible investment and uncertainty about demand, cost or competition. This paper uses an option-value model to examine the factors affecting an...

Many investment decisions of agribusiness firms such as when to invest in an emerging market or whether to expand the capacity of the firm involve irreversible investment and uncertainty about demand, cost or competition. This paper uses an option-value model to examine the factors affecting an...

Este es material de curso del libro Decisiones Empresariales bajo Riesgo e Incertidumbre. El nivel del libro es basico. Se usan muy pocas matematicas y puede ser usado por gerentes. En este decimo y ultimo capitulo se presenta una breve y sencilla introduccion a las opciones financieras y al...

This paper demonstrates the utility of the real options approach to irrigation dam investment analysis. The main objective is to show how to calculate the option values of selected options that may be available to managers of irrigation dam investments. The paper provides an empirical...