This book explains the financial appraisal of capital budgeting projects.
This book explains the financial appraisal of capital budgeting projects. Develops basic concepts, principles and techniques and applies them in complex real-world situations such as forestry, property and international investments. All computations in the book are extensively supported by Excel workbooks on the Web, each chapter contains questions for teachers and students.
1. Capital budgeting: an overview; 2. Project cash flows; 3. Forecasting cash flows: overview, quantitative techniques, approaches; 4. Forecasting cash flows: qualitative methods; 5. Essential Formulae in project appraisal; 6. Project analysis under certainty; 7. Project appraisal under risk; 8. Sensitivity and break-even analysis; 9. Simulation concepts and methods; 10. Case study in financial modelling and simulation of a forestry investment; 11. Resource constraints and linear programming; 12. More advanced linear programming concepts and methods; 13. Financial modelling case study in forestry project evaluation; 14. Property investment analysis; 15. Forecasting and analysing risks in property investments; 16. Multinational corporations and International Project appraisal; Appendix A. Answers to review questions.