%0 Journal Article %T Avalia£¿£¿o da Aquisi£¿£¿o de um Ativo de Tecnologia da Informa£¿£¿o Atrav¨¦s do M¨¦todo dos M¨ªnimos Quadrados de Monte Carlo %A Nascimento %A Andr¨¦ Fichel %A Baidya %A Tara Keshar Nanda %J Investiga£¿£¿o Operacional %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X in this article, a project based on the acquisition of an information technology asset is valued through the real options theory. the contemplated model takes into account uncertainty in costs and benefits to be generated. a numerical solution based on monte carlo simulation was developed in order to test the approach. %K project valuation %K real options %K least squares monte carlo method %K monte carlo simulation %K information technology (it). %U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-51612006000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en