This paper bridges the literature on real options in strategy with that on financial options. It uses insights from both literatures to show how the use of options contracts can encourage innovators to enter markets by mitigating the effects of uncertainty and permitting the capture of greater...

This paper bridges the literature on real options in strategy with that on financial options. It uses insights from both literatures to show how the use of options contracts can encourage innovators to enter markets by mitigating the effects of uncertainty and permitting the capture of greater...

Traditionally, customer credit scoring aimed at distinguishing good payers from bad payers at the time of the loan application. However, the timing when customers become bad is also very interesting to investigate since it can provide the bank with the ability to compute the profitability over a...

This study investigates the extent to which South African (SA) listed corporations voluntarily disclose information on black economic empowerment (BEE) in their annual and sustainability reports and examines the possible motivations and resulting ownership and board factors influencing BEE...