For most multi-period decision-making problems, it is generally well-accepted that the influence of information about later periods on the optimal decision in the current period reduces as we move farther into the future. If and when this influence reduces to zero, the corresponding problem...

The literature has identified two different processes by which innovation of new products presents itself. The first, the Technology Push process, occurs when the innovation of a new product is spurred by a technology that the entrepreneur possesses. The second, the Market Pull process, occurs...