Capital Investment Analysis for Engineering and Management

Name: Capital Investment Analysis for Engineering and Management
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ISBN: 9780131434080

ISBN-10: 013143408X

ISBN-13: 9780131434080

Edition: 3rd 2005

Authors: John Canada, William Sullivan, Dennis Kulonda, John White

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This guide enables engineers and engineering managers to communicate effectively with financial professionals, while offering a balanced presentation of the basics of engineering economic analysis.Focuses on real management situations. Provides accounting/cost accounting fundamentals to measure results. Introduces the concept of “options analysis” applied to capital investment decisions. Aids in conducting economic analyses with liberal use of spreadsheets. Introduces tax considerations and their consequences.For those interested in learning more about capital investment decision methodologies, particularly engineers and engineering managers.

Book details

List price: $206.65
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Pearson Education
Publication date: 10/6/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 632
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.958
Language: English




Basic Capital Project Evaluation Techniques



Introduction and Cost Concepts



Computations Involving Interest



Equivalent Worth Methods for Comparing Alternatives



Rate of Return Methods for Comparing Alternatives



Estimating for Economic Analyses



Consideration of Depreciation and Income Taxes



Analyses for Government Agencies and Public Utilities



Replacement Analyses



Capital Planning and Budgeting



Capital Investment Evaluation Under Risk and Uncertainty



Introduction to Risk and Uncertainty



Sensitivity Analysis



Analytical and Simulation Approaches to Risk Analysis



Decision Criteria and Methods for Risk Uncertainty



Decision Tree Analysis



Statistical Decision Techniques



Additional Topics in Capital Investment Decision Analysis



Mathematical Programming for Capital Budgeting



Activity-Based Costing



Dealing with Inflation in Capital Investment Analysis



Multiple Attribute Decision Making



The Analytic Hierarchy Process


Appendices


Bibliography


Glossary


Index