Real Options Group

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Real Options Group
private company
Headquarters Nicosia, Cyprus
Key people
Lenos Trigeorgis, President
Products Management consulting
Real options analysis
Website www.rogroup.com

The Real Options Group (ROG) 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.

Supporting ROG are both an academic and corporate advisory boards. The Academic Advisory Board includes Nobel Laureates Myron Scholes and Robert C. Merton, as well as highly prominent names in the field like Avinash Dixit of Princeton University. ROG’s Corporate Advisory Board includes industry practitioners from leading companies, such as Morgan Stanley, Boeing, FIAT, and Philips.

The company offers services in the areas of project design and valuation, portfolio management, corporate strategy, and scenario planning. ROG focuses on a number of industries including pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, technology, and financial services.

ROG has also been involved in a range of collaborative relationships on specific products or areas of application with leading consulting organizations, such as Ernst & Young, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Accenture, and investment banks, such as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

ROG is also the organizer of the Annual International Conference on Real Options: Theory Meets Practice

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