We study the combined effects of revenue and cost uncertainty as well competition on the timing optimization of investments in complementarity inputs for duopoly markets where either spillover-knowledge is allowed or where proprietary-knowledge holds. For some input-sequencing investment...

We examine the impact on an R&D valuation and its investment timing of abrupt events, options facing paradise (blockbusters) and purgatory (catastrophes). We show that the presence of a special case of Lévy jumps can model positive and negative effects in the investment opportunity even when...

We formulate a multi-factor real option duopoly game model to determine the optimal times to divest the incumbent technology or to switch to a new smaller-scale and lower operating cost technology, with an uncertain output price, and declining output. The formulation takes two alternative forms:...

R&D is often a highly uncertain venture where experiments achieve successful outcomes on an extraordinarily rare basis. Just one successful product could change the future of a company; the discovery stage can often be an invaluable or disastrous experience. We develop a real R&D option model...

Real options have been growing in popularity in recent years, and this has been accompanied by improvements in their modelling and valuation. Real options enable companies or managers to value projects more accurately by incorporating managerial flexibilities into the valuation model. This is in...

Fixed rate endowment mortgages differ from fixed rate repayment mortgages primarily because, in the event of early termination, the amount owed by the borrower is a function of the evolution of the term structure of interest rates, whereas for a repayment mortgage it is pre-determined.We use a...

Fixed rate endowment mortgages differ from fixed rate repayment mortgages primarily because, in the event of early termination, the amount owed by the borrower is a function of the evolution of the term structure of interest rates, whereas for a repayment mortgage it is pre-determined. We use a...