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Showing 1 to 20 of 84 for “"internal rate of return"”.
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A Proposed Model to Simulate Internal Rate of Return and Risk Characteristics of Investments in Multi-Family Rental Housing
… in DSpace on 2014-12-11T23:19:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 7219910.pdf: 9009012 bytes, checksum: 46d3f938847cae66715753b458b4f190 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1972
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Techno-economic analysis of jet fuel production from waste vegetable oil in Mexico
This thesis quantifies the economic feasibility of building and operating a biorefinery that converts waste vegetable oils into transportation fuels in Mexico. The hydroprocessing technology selected produces predominately diesel and jet fuel that can be used and blended with the existing fossil …
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Cost/benefit Analysis of Geographic Information System Implementation: Case of the Illinois Department of Transportation
… period produced an estimated Net Present Value of $2,981,000 and an Internal Rate of Return of 99.8% for GIS implementation. This knowledge of organizational costs and benefits enabled IDOT to strategically allocate organizational resources.
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora de proteína aislada de harina de sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis)
The aim of this study is to determine the technological, economical, financial and social feasibility of the installation of a sacha inchi (Plukenetia volubilis). powder isolated protein production plant. The target market of this project will be Lima Metropolitana, focused on economic sectors A …
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Economic aspects of Christmas tree production and marketing in Virginia
An economic description and analysis of Christmas tree production was made for the benefit of Virginia's farm and other landowners. The purpose of the study was to aid in determining if investment in Christmas trees was likely to be economically successful, and to improve plantation management on …
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A Comparison of Accounting and Internal Rates of Return for the Firm in A Dynamic Setting
This study is an exploration of the relationship between Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) and a Weighted-average Internal Rate of Return (WIRR) in a discrete flow model of the firm in some simple dynamic situations. The model parameters are the IRRs, durations, and cash flow profiles of the capital …
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A Business Model for a Red Oak Small Diameter Timber Processing Facility in Southwest Virginia
The conversion of red oak small diameter timber (SDT) into solid wood products was investigated. The objectives of this research were to 1) determine the yield of lumber, pallet and container parts, and residues from SDT and the market potential for these products; 2) determine the economic …
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Valuing project financing using Monte Carlo simulation, with application to the expansion of a chemical company
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the specific project value of a chemical company that undertook a major expansion in the late 1990s. The actual details of the investment were unique and conditional on the level of cumulative internal rate of return for the project. This thesis evaluates …
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Higher level manpower development in Indonesia: Rates of return and embodied technical change
This study consists of basic research on rates of return to higher education in Indonesia. Four different techniques to estimate rates of return are employed: the pure internal rate of return, the Mincer earnings function, the Cobb-Douglas production function, and the nested-CES production …
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Benefit-cost analysis as applied to insect pest control programs
… outline designed to evaluate the social value of on-going and proposed forest insect control programs is presented. Chapter two briefly discusses some economic concepts used in benefit-cost analysis. Those discussed are: consumer's surplus, social discount rate, shadow prices, characteristics …
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Strategic and operational plan for better material handling
… thesis research we specifically analyze the use of AGVs and transfer cars. By implementing two transfer cars in 2012, the system capacity will remain adequate until 2018. This investment provides a $364,165 net present value and a 29% internal rate of return.
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An optimal determination of longwall panel dimensions
The optimal dimensions of a longwall panel are investigated using four different objectives of minimum average unit cost, internal rate of return, profitability index and present value of average unit cost. The two main variables, production and cost are analyzed into different parameters. …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta de producción de masa de galleta comestible a base de harina de trigo (Triticum aestivum)
… facility for edible biscuit dough made of wheat flour will be located in the department of Lima. The demanding of the project for the last evaluated year is 157 194 containers and each one will be sold at a selling price of S / 14,5. The production process for the final product consists …
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Determinants of private real estate fund performance, 2004-2010 : the roller coaster ride
The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries (NCREIF) real estate fund database was analyzed for the time period 2004-2010. Real Estate funds were grouped in to three categories: core, value-add and opportunistic. The thesis explores several possible determinants of fund performance …
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Pre-Feasibility Study of a Diamond Mine
Based upon the pre-feasibility study of the Adamas property, located in southern Wyoming; it is recommended that the company develop the property into an operating diamond mine. This recommendation is based upon the discounted cash flow analysis, using a discount rate of 8 percent. Based on this …
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Improving productivity through the implementation of lean manufacturing and SLP Tools in a footwear SME
In Peru, a lack of technological investments and training contributes to low productivity in the footwear industry. The study presents a comprehensive project to improve the productivity of a Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) in Peru's footwear industry, using Lean Manufacturing tools. The …
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The economic evaluation of aquaculture as a climate change adaptation option in fisher communities of Zimbabwe
… for their livelihood are faced with a number of challenges that include low productivity. There is now an acknowledgement internationally that fishers cannot depend on hunting fish when all other food producing sectors have adapted. How economic and feasible is it for fishers to consider …
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Estudio de prefactibilidad para la instalación de una planta productora y exportadora de arándanos (Vaccinium myrtillus) orgánicos
The Company will be settled in the department of Ica and will have a capacity of 428,4 tons of blueberries per year. The demand for the project’s final year will be 342 tons and each kilogram will be sold at a price of US$ 12,48. The production process for the blueberry filled clamshells consists …
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A microcomputer program to analyze wood supply and economic feasibility of wood processing facilities
… HAPWED is designed to analyze the feasibility of investments in wood processing facilities with respect to the economic supply of timber. The program requires user supplied databases of timber inventory, mill requirements, and product requirements. The program utilizes CONDOR III database …
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