Abstract:
To explain the strategic dimension in pricing options, it will be helpful to go back to the heart of the idea behind the concept of an option: options open up the possibility to postpone current decisions to a future point of time. Because of this flexibility additional information and new experiences can be taken into consideration. There are advantages and benefits resulting from this flexibility. The value of the option with the probabilities of the states of nature occurring. These probabilities will turn out the strategic decision variables of a new player as explained in the paper.