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Review: Real Options

Managing Strategic Investment in an Uncertain World, By Martha Amram, Nalin Kulatilaka

A rather disappointing book for the general reader

I was rather disappointed by this book.

I was hoping for something which could help explain to business managers why processes such as IT delivery are uncertain, and the value of delivering flexible solutions. The initial part of the book makes a lot of strong qualitative statements of exactly the right sort:

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