The Virtual Utility: Some Introductory Thoughts on Accounting, Learning and the Valuation of Radical Innovation

This paper examines the problems associated with the application of traditional capital budgeting practices to the valuation of radically new processes and technologies in an environment of rapid technological change. It focuses on a restructured utility industry, and the possible emergence of the Virtual Utility.

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