Projects (Paperback)

Projects Book Description

Projects 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 seventh edition, has acquired vast readership among students and practitioners over a period of almost three decades.

• Highlights of the seventh edition:
• Substantial revision of several chapters
• Fifteen new sections
• Four new minicases
• Several boxes containing valuable perspectives and practical insights
• Updated and expanded ancillary web material for students and instructors

About the Author
Dr Prasanna Chandra, Director of Centre for Financial Management, is an MBA and PhD (Finance). He has about four decades of teaching experience in postgraduate and executive education programmes. He was a Professor of Finance at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore for nearly two decades, and Visiting Professor of Finance at Southern Illinois University, USA, for two years.

He was appointed as a member of several committees including the Capital Issues Advisory Committee, the High Powered Committee on Insurance Sector Reforms, and the SEBI Committee on Derivatives. He has served or is serving on the boards of a number of organizations including Power Finance Corporation, Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, Unit Trust of India, Investment Advisory Services Limited, Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India, IFCI, IIM (B) , ICFAI, Templeton Mutual Fund, Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited, and Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited. He has been a consultant to many organizations.

Dr Chandra has conducted executive seminars for a number of organizations like INDAL, Infosys, Tata Motors, ITC, NIIT, Tata Steel, Sasken Communications, TATA-IBM, Tata Power, BHEL, Bharat Shell, ANZ Grindlays, HMT, Canara Bank, Vysya Bank, ONGC, Wipro, GAIL, Microsoft, Motorola, and Hindustan Unilever.

His other books include Financial Management: Theory and Practice, Investment, Analysis and Portfolio Management, Managing Investments, Finance Sense, Fundamentals of Financial Management, and Valuation of Equity Shares. He has authored over 70 articles in professional journals and business periodicals. Dr Chandra has been a Fulbright Scholar and a UNDP Fellow. He has received several honours including the Best Teacher Award from the Association of Indian Management Schools.

Table Of Contents

• Part I: Planning Chapter 1. Overview
• Chapter 2. Strategy and Resource Allocation
• Chapter 3. Generation and Screening of Project Ideas
• Part II: Analysis Chapter 4. Market and Demand Analysis
• Chapter 5. Technical Analysis
• Chapter 6. Financial Estimates and Projections
• Part III: Selection I Chapter 7. The Time Value of Money
• Chapter 8. Investment Criteria
• Chapter 9. Project Cash Flows
• Chapter 10. The Cost of Capital
• Chapter 11. Project Risk Analysis
• Part IV: Selection II Chapter 12. Project Rate of Return
• Chapter 13. Special Decisions Situations
• Chapter 14. Social Cost Benefit Analysis
• Chapter 15. Multiple Projects and Constraints
• Chapter 16. Valuation of Real Options
• Chapter 17. Judgemental, Behavioural, Strategic, and Organisational Considerations
• Part V: Financing Chapter 18. Financing of Projects
• Chapter 19. Financing Infrastructure Projects
• Chapter 20. Venture Capital and Private Equity
• Part VI: Implementation Chapter 21. Project Management
• Chapter 22. Network Techniques for Project Management
• Chapter 23. Project Review and Administrative Aspects

Book Details

Title:	Projects
Publisher:	Tata McGraw-Hill
Author:	Prasanna Chandra
Edition:	Paperback 7th Edition
Edition Number:	7
ISBN:	0070077932
EAN:	9780070077935

Deliverable Countries: This product ships to India, Sri Lanka.

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