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Engineering Economist articles from July 2008
A quarterly publication specializing in the industrial and engineering economy. Features book reviews and research regarding problems with capital investment.
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Engineering Economist archives from July 2008
Operational decisions, capital structure, and managerial compensation: a news vendor perspective.
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
The operations management and engineering economics literature has largely ignored corporate financing decisions on the assumption that a firm's optimal inventory level or production decisions can be fully financed by internal...
A study on estimating investment timing of real options.
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Recently, managers have addressed the uncertainty in various capital budgeting decisions by applying an options analysis to their evaluations of the project (Amram and Kulatilaka (1999); Copeland and Antikarov (2003); Dixit...
Can we capture the value of option volatility?
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
Traditional discounted cash flow techniques use four parameters to value a project: cost, benefits, time, and the interest rate. Real options analysis adds a fifth parameter: the volatility coefficient. In its original...
A hybrid derivative trading system based on volatility and return forecasting.
July 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION
An option is a type of derivative, a financial instrument that derives its value from the value of other underlying variables (Hull 2003). In the last few decades, options have become increasingly significant instruments in...