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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Investment Decision-Making"”.
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Evaluating risk-adjusted discount rates in forest investment decision making
One approach to risk in investment evaluation is to discount expected cash flows with a single risk-adjusted discount rate. When emphasis is placed on total (as opposed to systematic) risk there are no a priori criteria guiding the proper selection of' the risk-adjusted discount rate. It is …
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Modelling the impact of oil price volatility on investment decision-making
… the major challenges facing energy companies is making investment decision-making associated with the prices of crude oils. Since 1973, crude oil price behaviour has become more volatile, which suggested that different forces were driving crude oil prices. One of the main factors in generating …
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Factors influencing investment decision-making before and after an informative Emotional Intelligence Intervention
… to the various biases which influence human decision-making. A growing body of knowledge on the understanding of decision-making in an investment setting has been established over the last 30 or so years. The objective of this study is to understand the factors influencing investment …
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The use of effectuation in venture capitalist early-stage investment decision making in China.
… venture capitalists in China make early-stage investment decisions under uncertainty. Within this context, it examines why early-stage venture capitalists use effectuation (involving emergent strategy) in contrast to prediction (concerned with planned strategy) and how the experts and novices …
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Market research--the changing needs for real estate investment decision-making in the 1990's
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1991.
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Value of more sophistication : capital investment decision-making with competitive dynamics in the mining industry
… markets, one of the central business planning decisions faced by firms is where, when, and by how much to expand their production capacity. Appropriate investment planning methodology is important to both the mining industry and the wider economy. Currently, new mine investment decisions are …
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The development of visualized risk-informed tradespace exploration (vRITE) for R&D investment decision-making
… lead to more reliable and valuable systems. If decision-makers believe the risks are too high, they may not invest in a technology that would provide the capabilities they need. Alternatively, if they underestimate the risks of a technology, investment may lead to costly and embarrassing …
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The influence of ESG on investment decision making in the investment management and capital markets sector
… Social, and Governance (ESG) factors on investment decision-making processes within the South African investment management and capital markets sector. As global awareness of sustainability and social responsibility continues to rise, understanding how ESG considerations are integrated …
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The importance of certain tax incentives in business investment decision making: the views of business decision makers
… were surveyed for their viewed importance of the investment tax credit and the accelerated cost recovery system on their decision making for new equipment. The executives were divided into groups based upon the reported amount of expected future unused capacity of their firms. The statistical …
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South African asset manager perceptions on the integration of climate change risks into equity investment decision-making processes
… issues such as climate change and its impact on investment portfolios becoming part of the asset management industry discourse. However, the degree to which these issues are perceived by asset managers to be significant has not been expanded upon extensively in literature. This study was …
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Understanding Information Technology Investment Decision-Making in the Context of Hotel Global Distribution Systems: a Multiple-Case Study
… companies do in practice when evaluating and making IT investment decisions. This study was launched in an attempt to 1) learn more about how multinational hospitality companies evaluate, prioritize, and select IT investments in the context of hotel GDS; 2) call attention to an important and …
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A comparative study of the South African venture capital and private equity industry with special reference to the investment decision-making process
… This study sets out to shed light on the decision-making process applied by South African venture capitalists when they allocate capital. Venture capital is defined in this study as including private equity. The study comprises an extensive survey by way of a detailed questionnaire which …
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The impact of dependencies and interactions using systems approach on investment decision making in an environment of uncertain outcomes / Mansoor Hamood Al-Harthy.
Includes author's previously published papers.
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Implementation and evaluation of nonlinear bilevel programming model of equilibrium network design problem
This research models the transportation investment decision making process which involves private-public interactions using a network design problem framework. Specifically, the objective of the research is to specify the transportation investment decision making process using a bilevel nonlinear …
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Automation investment appraisals
… techniques should be used to appraise such investments and make correct automation investment decisions. After a comprehensive literature review, three limitations on automation investment decisionmaking were found in the extant literature: (1) time value of money not considered, (2) …
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Investigating the prudential determinants of infrastructural investment appraisal techniques in airports company South Africa
… challenge - particularly in the public investment management space - and many projects were funded prematurely. This perspective has motivated a host of academic literature to analyse airport infrastructure investment decision making process, based on financial and non-financial factors. …
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A semantic Bayesian network for automated share evaluation on the JSE
… have presented the potential to automate investment decision making processes. This will alleviate the need for manual analysis and reduce the subjective nature of investment decision making. However, there are different investment approaches and perspectives for investing which makes …
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The information needs of finance executives in the hospitality industry
… the Hospitality Industry, for strategic capital investment decision making. The amount of environmental scanning currently being conducted for use in the strategic capital investment decision making process was also investigated. A survey questionnaire was used to gather information from 200 …
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A Prima Facie assessment of the prevalence of certain emotional biases in the investment decisions of South African students
… biases that influence South African students' decision-making in an investment context. This study advances the understanding of whether the future financial professionals of South Africa are susceptible to irrational decision-making due to the influence of emotional biases. A …
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Improvements of Interactive Multiple Objective Optimization Technique and Its Applications
… the computing experiments. As an example, the investment decision making methods, especially capital rationing methods by Weingartner, are extended to the multiple objective problem. In addition, the manpower problem which is modified from the goal programming method is introduced and tested …
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