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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"investment appraisal"”.
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Capital Investment Appraisal: The Case of Lebanon
… main research questions: (1) How are capital investment projects appraised in Lebanon?; (2) Is risk incorporated into this process by Lebanese firms?; (3) Do Lebanese companies experience capital rationing and, if so, is it imposed internally or externally?; (4) How important is the impact of …
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The capital investment appraisal process: the case of Libya
… to explore and investigate the state of current investment appraisal practices within Libyan firms. In particular, the thesis attempts to answer four research questions: (1) How do Libyan firms appraise capital investments? (2) Do Libyan firms incorporate risk into their capital investment …
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Investigating the prudential determinants of infrastructural investment appraisal techniques in airports company South Africa
… of country infrastructure. However, project appraisal was identified as a key governmental 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 …
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Emergency benchmarking in office buildings as a diagnostic tool for investment appraisal in a large portfolio
… the process of creating an 'Energy Efficiency & Investment Tool' property company called Telereal Trillium. Telereal Trillium own and manage large estates of commercial buildings. The MS Access-based tool is designed to identify the least eficie,nt building in the estate of the Department for …
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Managerial judgement and the real options approach in investment appraisal process: evidence from the British automotive components manufacturers.
… been extensive research on the use of financial appraisal techniques (Pay back, Return on Capital Employed, Internal Rate of Return and Net Present Value) in the Investment Appraisal Process (lAP), little research has been conducted on the role of the Real Options Approach (ROA) and Managerial …
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Exploring the capital investment practice of mining corporations in Namibia
… industry that calls for long-term investment. Capital investment is a long-term economic venture that requires and consumes a lot of resources, for example, the purchase of fixed assets, such as land, machinery, and buildings (Ward, 2013). Capital investment in the mining sector is …
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The measurement of passenger preferences towards rail station and on-train facilities
… and on trains. It takes the premise that appraisal methods vised by rail operators and planners for evaluating investment in such facilities are limited. The result can be under-investment in such facilities. It makes the case that such facilities are important devices for inproving the …
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Factors Contributing to Nonperforming Loans in Non Banking Institutions in Tanzania: A Case of National Security Fund
… of benefits in Tanzania is inappropriate investment such as loan provision which mostly result into nonperforming loan. The case study was carried at NSSF head office, Kinondoni and Ilala Regions offices in Dar Es Salaam City to investigate the factors contributing to nonperforming loan in …
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Policy into practice:a study of public policy implementation and the role of learning
… year period from four case studies of capital investment appraisal in the British National Health Service. Further data was collected from taped interviews by key actors within the case studies. The findings suggest that managers do learn to implement policy and four factors are important in …
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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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A strategic investment decision model for line-haul operations on a developing country railway
… a railway is being upgraded, several alternative investment proposals may be considered. This thesis describes the development and use of a computerised model to investigate the combined effects of such investments for a less developed country railway. The work focuses on the Botswana line as a …
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Investment justification of information systems: A focus on the evaluation of MRPII
… examines how organisations evaluate their investments in Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII). This is achieved through investigating the issues surrounding capital budgeting, with a particular focus on investment appraisal. In doing so, a novel taxonomy of generic appraisal techniques …
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The impact of macroeconomic variables on the equity market risk premium in South Africa
… the cost of equity which is mainly used in investment appraisal, performance measurement and valuation of equity assets. Past studies have identified inflation rate, interest rate, foreign exchange rate and political risk as the key macroeconomic variables that determine the size of the MRP. …
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The nature of managerial involvement in strategic investment decisions.
… judgement and involvement in strategic investment decisions (SIDs) has received limited attention in Management Accounting and Finance literature. This study inquired into the nature of managerial involvement, individually and collectively, in making SIDs. It validates and extends …
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The effect of materials handling methods on unit costs in synthetic resin manufacturing
… the decision making process to undertake capital investment appraisal. Discussions on the basic principles of evaluation leads to the assessment of the methods such as ARR, IRR, NPV and payback available to the decision makers for project appraisal. Risk and uncertainty are introduced at this …
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Decision Analysis in Fire Safety Engineering - Analysing Investments in Fire Safety
… decision analytical methods to the evaluation of investments in fire safety was investigated, particularly with the aim of being able to suggest a method for analysing a specific investment in fire safety for a specific factory. Attention was directed above all at the handling of cases of large …