• DocumentCode
    3504147
  • Title

    The investment and decision making based on option theory in ERP project

  • Author

    Zhu, Bing ; Wang, Penghui

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12-15 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1962
  • Lastpage
    1965
  • Abstract
    With the development of information technology, more and more enterprises have determined to make investment on ERP project. Whether or not to make this investment can be regarded as a option for the company. This paper introduces the characteristic of ERP system first, and analyzes the investment, then brings option theory into ERP investment to evaluate the value of investment. The approach of evaluating value includes traditional NPV of expected cash flow and the option value of operating.
  • Keywords
    decision making; decision theory; enterprise resource planning; investment; ERP project; cash flow; decision making; decision theory; investment; option theory; traditional NPV; ERP investment; ERP project; option value; real option;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2012-4
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2013-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SOLI.2008.4682853
  • Filename
    4682853