Engineering Economist articles from September 2002

Engineering Economist archives from September 2002

Special issue -- part II.(Editorial)
September 22, 2002... "Real Options --Strategic Planning under uncertainty". (Editorial) We had initially scheduled a two-part series special issue on real options. Part I was published in Volume 47, Number 2, 2002. However, due to an unusually large number of...

Real options and follower strategies: the loss of real option value to first-mover advantage.
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION The value in real options comes from the firm's ability to wait until conditions are optimal before moving forward with a project. Engineers are concerned about the loss of this optimal value if they anticipate preemption by...

Dark fiber valuation.(valuation of dark fibre)
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION Valuation of dark fibre has recently generated controversy, sparked particularly by the large sums booked for swaps of dark fibre between companies (13, 23, 24). One of the issues raised is valuation: i.e., what is the value...

Valuation of learning options in software development under private and market risk.
September 22, 2002... INTRODUCTION According to the Standish Group's CHAOS report (1), more than 20% of software projects fail and only less than 20% of software projects are completed on time and on budget. The direct cost of these failures and overruns are...

Technical note -- new depreciation rules from the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 and their impact on capital investment.
September 22, 2002... United States President George W. Bush recently signed an economic stimulus bill into law entitled the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act. The law issues a number of directives aimed at increasing corporate capital expenditures in hopes of...

Contemporary Engineering Economics. (Book Review).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... By Chan S. Park Third Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2002, xxxi + 920 pp. ISBN 0-13-089310-2. List: $102.00. In this third edition of Contemporary Engineering Economics, Chan Park has provided a nice text for...