Many investment decisions of agribusiness firms such as when to invest in an emerging market or whether to expand the capacity of the firm involve irreversible investment and uncertainty about demand, cost or competition. This paper uses an option-value model to examine the factors affecting an...

Master of Agribusiness

The retail industry is considered to be a very competitive industry in the United States since there are so many players in the almost saturated retail markets that provide similar products and services at similar price levels to customers. Market selection has been identified as an important...

Compensating balances are deposits the borrowing firm keeps with the lending bank in non-interest bearing accounts on loans. It is well known that, when there is no compensating balance imposed, the effective cost of debt remains the same in the two different payment methods, full amortization...

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo apresentar o estudo comparativo de retorno de investimentos em três áreas de terras arrendadas, de diferentes tamanhos, localizadas na região noroeste do Paraná, mais especificamente no município de Umuarama. Nesta região de solo arenoso, denominado...

Many claim that, with regard to transportation infrastructure, only partnerships between public and private entities, which draw on the strengths of both, can achieve the goals of enhancing operational efficiency, increasing service delivery, improving asset maintenance, and stretching scarce...

Any firm successfully operation is bound up with investment. Therefore author shortly reviews theorethical models of investment return and measurement of the risk. At the same time the analysis of various author opinions, how useful these models are in Lithuania, was made. In the second part of...

This study examines the financial feasibility of producing ethanol biofuel from sugar beets in central North Dakota. Under the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, biofuel from sugar beets uniquely qualifies as an “advanced biofuel”. EISA mandates production of 15 billion...

Seit Ende der 70er Jahre wurde mit dem Realoptionsansatz ein Instrument zur Beurteilung der Vorteilhaftigkeit von Investitionen entwickelt, der es - im Gegensatz zum net present value Ansatz - erlaubt, die sich aus einem Investitionsprojekt ergebenden zukünftigen Handlungsmöglichkeiten...

Indicators of efficiency and economic feasibility in two irrigatedfarms located in the Linares area (35º51' S. lat. and 71º35'W. long.), Maule Region, Chile, were estimated. The farms areassociated to PROLECHE S.A., an enterprise formed with financialsupport of the Development Corporation of...