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Projects: Planning, Analysis, Selection, Financing, Implementation, and ReviewProjects presents the entire gamut of capital budgeting. The book discusses key principles and techniques for evaluating capital expenditure proposals, as well as strategic, qualitative and organizational considerations impacting capital budgeting decisions. Further, it suggests ways of improving project appraisal and capital budgeting practices and also describes and evaluates business practices in various areas. Written by a renowned finance educator Prasanna Chandra, the book in its eighth edition, has acquired vast readership among students and practitioners over a period of almost three and a half decades.Key Features:Substantial revision of several chaptersTwo new sections: 'Measures of Savings in Infrastructure Costs' and 'Analysis of Project Risk'Six new appendixes: 'Detailed Project Report', 'The Case for Behavioral Strategy', 'Vegetron Simulation', 'Types of Charges Created on Assets for Securing Advances', 'Due Diligence' and 'Environmental Appraisal of Projects'New minicases on 'Investment Criteria' and 'Infrastructure Financing 'Number of boxes containing valuable perspectives and practical insightsUpdated and expanded ancillary web material for students and instructorsTable of Contents:Part I: PlanningOverviewStrategy and Resource AllocationGeneration and Screening of Project IdeasPart II: AnalysisMarket and Demand AnalysisTechnical AnalysisFinancial Estimates and ProjectionsPart III: Selection IThe Time Value of MoneyInvestment CriteriaProject Cash FlowsThe Cost of CapitalProject Risk AnalysisPart IV: Selection IIProject Rate of ReturnSpecial Decisions SituationsSocial Cost Benefit AnalysisMultiple Projects and ConstraintsValuation of Real OptionsJudgmental, Behavioral, Strategic and Organizational ConsiderationsPart V: FinancingFinancing of ProjectsFinancing Infrastructure ProjectsVenture Capital and Private EquityPart VI: ImplementationProject ManagementNetwork Techniques for Project ManagementPart VII: ReviewProject Review and Administrative AspectsAppendix A: TablesAppendix B: Assessing the Tax BurdenAppendix C: Environmental Impact AssessmentAppendix D: Detailed Project ReportBibliography