Lenos Trigeorgis
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Lenos Trigeorgis is the Bank of Cyprus
Chair Professor of Finance in the School of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus
. He is considered a leading authority on capital budgeting and strategy, having pioneered the field of real options
. He has written numerous books on the topic, including the seminal works Real Options (MIT Press
, 1996) and Strategic Investment (Princeton University Press
, 2004). He also co-authored Real Options and Investment Under Uncertainty (MIT Press
, 2001) with Eduardo Schwartz
.
He has taught at many of the world's top universities including Boston University
, MIT, Columbia University
, UC Berkeley, and the University of Chicago
. He has published in numerous journals, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He is also President of the Real Options Group
(ROG), a boutique strategy consulting firm focusing on real options valuation. Every year since 1997, ROG has organized the Annual International Conference on Real Options
.
Trigeorgis received his D.B.A.
from Harvard University
in 1986.
Bank of Cyprus
Bank of Cyprus is a major Cypriot financial institution. In terms of market capitalisation it is the country's second largest company.As of December 31, 2005, the Group's Total Assets reached C£13,22bn and the Group's Shareholders' Funds were C£818mn . At 30 September 2008, the Group's Total...
Chair Professor of Finance in the School of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus
University of Cyprus
The University of Cyprus is a public coeducational university established by the Republic of Cyprus in 1989. It admitted its first students in 1992 and has currently approximately 6000 students .-History:...
. He is considered a leading authority on capital budgeting and strategy, having pioneered the field of real options
Real options analysis
Real options valuation, also often termed Real options analysis, applies option valuation techniques to capital budgeting decisions. A real option itself, is the right — but not the obligation — to undertake some business decision; typically the option to make, abandon, expand, or contract a...
. He has written numerous books on the topic, including the seminal works Real Options (MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
, 1996) and Strategic Investment (Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
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, 2004). He also co-authored Real Options and Investment Under Uncertainty (MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
, 2001) with Eduardo Schwartz
Eduardo Schwartz
Eduardo Saul Schwartz is a professor of finance at the Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, where he holds the California Chair in Real Estate & Land Economics...
.
He has taught at many of the world's top universities including Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, MIT, Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, UC Berkeley, and the University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. He has published in numerous journals, and serves on the editorial boards of several journals. He is also President of the Real Options Group
Real Options Group
The Real Options Group is a management consulting firm specializing in the application of Real Options Analysis. The President of ROG is Dr. Lenos Trigeorgis, a pioneer in the field....
(ROG), a boutique strategy consulting firm focusing on real options valuation. Every year since 1997, ROG has organized the Annual International Conference on Real Options
Annual International Conference on Real Options
The Annual International Conference on Real Options: Theory Meets Practice is a yearly conference organized by the Real Options Group in cooperation with various top universities...
.
Trigeorgis received his D.B.A.
Doctor of Business Administration
The degree of Doctor of Business Administration, abbreviated, or and equivalent to , is a research doctorate in business administration. The D.B.A...
from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
in 1986.