Opcje realne na rynku konkurencyjnym – gry opcyjne
Real Options in a Competitive Market: Option Games

Summary/Abstract: Many international corporations use real option valuation of investment project; however, the scale of its application in economic practice is still limited. The aim of the paper is to indicate factors limiting the application of the real options approach to evaluation of risky investments by firms operating in a competitive market. The problem has been formulated and solved using the game theory and real options valuation methods. It appears that in a competitive market the strategic value of the investment project has greater influence on the investment decision than its economic efficiency. Conflict of interests between competitors is one of the reasons why firms operating in a competitive market use real options approach so rarely. It is worth to stress, that if the firm does not take into account its competitor’s behaviour, a real option will be overvalued. Real options approach and the basic game theory have been used in the paper, but problem formulation and its solution are original.

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