گزینه های واقعی: پیشنهاد برای ارزیابی پروژه های تحقیق و توسعه در مراکز تحقیقاتی کشاورزی عمومی

Investment decisions in research and development (R&D) are important to the success of organizations, especially for public research. This paper evaluates an R&D project (seed breeding) using the traditional method, the Net Present Value, and the more contemporaneous technique of real options. Economic Surplus Theory and Monte Carlo simulations are used to estimate social benefits. The results indicate that the real-options approach is a useful tool for assessing R&D public projects.