Within the theoretical framework of organizational architecture, this paper attempts to explain the decentralization of investment decision. To do so, it highlights the role of the allocation of decision rights and control as a factor explaining the effectiveness of investment management. Thus,...

In the standard real options approach to investment under uncertainty, agents formulate optimal policies under the assumptions of risk neutrality or perfect capital markets. However in most situations, corporate executives face incomplete markets either because they receive compensation packages...

In the standard real options approach to investment under uncertainty, agents formulate optimal policies under the assumptions of risk neutrality or perfect capital markets. Although the assumptions of risk neutrality or market completeness are crucial to the implications of the approach, they...

Theories of investment suggest that the option value of waiting to invest is significant in many branches of economics, where investment is irreversible. The existing literature has generally failed to account for the general equilibrium feedback effects of lumpy investments on optimal...

(VF)L'objet de cette recherche est de tenter d’expliquer les systèmes de décision et de contrôle lors des projets d’investissement. Pour cela, cette recherche met en évidence le rôle de l'architecture organisationnelle (répartition des droits sur la gestion de décision et sur le...

(VF)Plusieurs théoriciens et praticiens montrent que l’évaluation semble jouer un rôle relativement secondaire dans le processus d’investissement dans la mesure où elle intervient à titre de contrôle ex ante lors d'une phase de ratification. De ce fait, si on admet que l'efficience de...

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("the Committee") released a consultative document that included a regulatory capital charge for operational risk. Since the release of the document, the complexity of the concept of "operational risk" has led to vigorous and recurring discussions. We...