Publication Type

Book Chapter

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

10-2009

Abstract

Project portfolio management, the equivalent of financial portfolio management but focused on R&D projects rather than financial assets, often relies on decision analysis methods to value projects rather than traditional financial valuation methods such as net present value (NPV). In finance, the idea of managing portfolios of assets goes back a long time, with the first formal methods being developed in the 1950s. Simply put, assembling a portfolio of stocks, bonds, and other financial instruments balances the risk a manager is taking with any one of the investments. Over time, this same idea has also taken hold for managing a portfolio of R&D projects, where it is referred to as project portfolio management.

Discipline

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Management Information Systems

Research Areas

Operations Management

Publication

QFinance

First Page

1604

Last Page

1610

ISBN

9781849300001

Publisher

Bloomsbury

City or Country

London

Embargo Period

8-31-2021

External URL

https://worldcat.org/isbn/9781849300001

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