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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"discounted cash flow analysis"”.
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Application of real options to reverse logistics process
… degrees of risk. As a result of real options analysis, the swap model with the switching option to repair is determined to be optimal and has only modest risk. Specifically, the costs would be reduced by $1.3 million (of which $0.9 million is the option value) and by 18% compared to the costs …
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Pre-Feasibility Study of a Diamond Mine
… mine. This recommendation is based upon the discounted cash flow analysis, using a discount rate of 8 percent. Based on this analysis the property has a Net Present Value (NPV) of $15.189 billion and an Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of 121 percent. The operation will be an open pit mine, with …
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The value of flexible design : real estate investment and development strategy under uncertainty
… recent research into building life cycle analysis and option valuation theory, this thesis develops an architectural methodology for analyzing buildings' "capacity for change," and economic models for valuing this capacity. Together these can be used to evaluate strategies for the design, …
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The M.I.T. Endicott House : a study in highest and best use
… located in Dedham, MA. A highest and best use analysis was performed on the subject site in an effort to determine which of several potential uses would yield the highest potential profit. Three major scenarios including selling the property as it exists currently, subdividing it and selling …
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A generalized optimization procedure for programming income properties
… and the other maximizes the rate of return using discounted cash flow analysis. The third model optimizes a ranked priority of objectives by a goal programming procedure. Each model is subject to a series of zoning, marketing, structural, and budgetary constraints. The models without design …
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Managing hyper-growth : a system dynamics analysis of competitive dynamics in business-to-consumer electronic commerce
… valuation heuristics (multiples of net income, discounted cash flow analysis).
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The forestry potential of Penn Virginia Corporation lands
… in three phases: (1) A market and resource analysis; (2) Estimation of the cost of harvesting and transporting timber from Penn Virginia lands to local processing facilities; and (3) An analysis of the economic feasibility of establishing new forest products markets utilizing Penn Virginia …
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Value of more sophistication : capital investment decision-making with competitive dynamics in the mining industry
… on the classic project evaluation methodology of discounted cash flow analysis (DCF) applied to the individual potential projects, which is flawed in its inadequate consideration of risk and flexibility, of impact on the profit of the firm, and of competitive dynamics in oligopoly markets. More …
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Integrative Approach to Metal Extraction and Electrification
… the minerals processing of copper concentrates. Discounted cash flow analysis is used to show the strength of molten sulfide electrolysis compared to traditional copper smelting techniques. The same technique is used to show that molten sulfide electrolysis of copper can be integrated into the …
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Why Landfills Endure: Quantifying economic barriers to material and energy recovery from municipal solid waste in the United States
… and select developing treatment methods and use discounted cash flow analysis to estimate financial feasibility by local MSW compositions as reported in regional waste characterization studies. Findings indicate that the most critical factor to sustainable operation is consistent supply of waste …
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A COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF FAST PYROLYSIS PLANTS IN SOUTHWEST OREGON
… Financial performance is estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis to determine net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for each plant. Benefits of an in-woods mobile plant include shorter biomass haul distances that contribute to a lower raw material input cost of …
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A COMPARATIVE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF FAST PYROLYSIS PLANTS IN SOUTHWEST OREGON
… Financial performance is estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis to determine net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) for each plant. Benefits of an in-woods mobile plant include shorter biomass haul distances that contribute to a lower raw material input cost of …
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Techno-economic analysis of furfural derivatives in integrated sugarcane biorefineries
… rate of return (IRR) was determined using discounted cash flow analysis. Lifecycle GHG emissions were calculated for each biorefinery using two South African sugarcane cultivation datasets to capture variability in biogenic carbon accounting. Results revealed a clear trade-off between …
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An occupant-centric assessment of the building performance gap in low utilisation, higher education facilities
… is a helpful philosophy for design and retrofit analysis, it is not entirely accommodating of operational building energy demand. An optimistic amendment would suggest that it is the needs of people that consume energy rather than buildings, for nondomestic buildings at least. However, needs in …
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Supercritical water gasification of lignocellulosic biomass materials for hydrogen production
… techno-economic evaluation and sensitivity analysis was performed for a conceptual design for hydrogen production from soybean straw gasification in SCW. The economic feasibility of hydrogen production was evaluated based on a discounted cash flow analysis. Economic analysis suggested a …
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Techno-Economic Evaluation of a Commercial c-Phycocyanin Extraction Process
… Therefore, a detailed techno-economic analysis was conducted on three cPC extraction and purification processes to assess their commercial viability. Process 1 was the example process presented in the UCT patent and thus considered the base design. In this process, following liberation …
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Le analisi finanziarie tra piano e mercato nelle politiche urbanistiche
… pubblica (si pensi ad esempio alla Cost-Benefit Analysis). Questa tesi si basa invece sulla convinzione che sia possibile avvalersi anche di analisi di tipo strettamente finanziario per affrontare aspetti della trasformazione urbana non limitandosi a considerare la sola redditività degli …