REAL OPTIONS: STATE OF THE PRACTICE by Alex Triantis‚ University of Maryland‚ and Adam Borison‚ Applied Decision Analysis/ PricewaterhouseCoopers1 n an economic environment characterized by rapid change‚ great uncertainty‚ and the need for flexibility‚ it has become increasingly important for corporate managers to use investment evaluation tools and processes that properly account for both uncertainty and the company’s ability to react to new information. Real options has emerged as an approach
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Trading volatility is nothing new for option traders. Most option traders rely heavily on volatility information to choose their trades. For this reason‚ the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index‚ more commonly known by its ticker symbol VIX‚ has been a popular trading tool for option and equity traders since its introduction in 1993. Until recently‚ traders used regular equity or index options to trade volatility‚ but many quickly realized that this was not the best method. On Feb
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FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION - Gene Kranz‟s leadership in movie < Apollo 13> INTRODUCTION Apollo 13‚ the 1995 motion picture directed by Ron Howard‚ is the true story of Jim Lovell‚ Fred Haise‚ and Jack Swigert‚ a team of astronauts reassigned to a space flight with diminished preparation time. Apollo 13 Mission in 1970 was planning to land on the moon as a routine‚ but after astronauts found oxygen tank‟s explosion and leaking‚ this routine mission to the moon suddenly
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Real Option Memo To: Dave Jacobs From: James Jones Date: November 26‚ 2012 Re: College Education Intro and type of flexibility with this option The option I’m going to discuss in this memo is whether I should continue on with my college career year after year‚ or just to abandon receiving a higher education and make my part time job a full time job. From the 7S framework‚ my real option would be the Disinvest/Shrink then the scope down option (abandon). Sources of uncertainty There
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Identify and describe your segment • Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a segment of the Boeing Company. As a segment‚ it is committed to being the leader in commercial aviation through its vast amount of airplanes offered and services that help to deliver superior design‚ efficiency‚ and value to customers all over the globe. II. Competitive structure in equilibrium (your segment within its value system) A. Buyers 1. Identify your buyers. Orders through November 20‚ 2012 737 747 767 777
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Baidu CASE: A-197 DATE: 02/05/09 BAIDU.COM‚ INC.: VALUATION AT IPO Since its official launch in January 2000‚ Baidu.com‚ Inc. (Baidu) quickly grew to become the leading Internet search engine in China. After three rounds of private funding‚ Baidu registered to go public on the NASDAQ Stock Market (Ticker Symbol: BIDU) on August 5‚ 2005. (See Exhibits 1 and 2 for a listing of Baidu’s private funding sources and pre-IPO share allocations.) The initial public offering (IPO) turned out to be one of
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Sustainable Competitive Advantage: Extending the Resource Based View A body of literature has emerged which addresses the content of sustainable competitive advantage as well as its sources and different types of strategies that may be used to achieve it. A firm is argued to have a competitive advantage when it is implementing a value creating strategy which a current or potential competitor is not implementing at the same time. Moreover‚ a firm is argued to have a sustained competitive advantage
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Practice Questions-“Real Options” Some questions may require you to use financial calculator or Excel. (In the final exam‚ for students without financial calculator‚ writing down the formula will be enough. However‚ those formulas must be correct to get full credit. Therefore‚ it is a good practice to check whether you are correct by using Excel for these practice questions) 1. How are real options different from financial options? 2. Consider the following project data: (1) A
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Quitting Is Not An Option As a little girl I always dreamt of becoming my own boss at a young age. The thought of following other people rules bothered me; I did know that in order to get where I wanted to be in life I had to start somewhere. So I told myself that after high school I had to go to college‚ and work and save. I decide to pursue my degree’s in Business Management and Accounting‚ because‚ I enjoy using money‚ working with others‚ helping people solve their money issues and helping
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