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The tenth edition of Projects is a comprehensive and up-to-date text that discusses key principles and techniques for evaluating capital expenditure proposals, as well as strategic, qualitative, and organizational considerations impacting capital budgeting decisions. The book presents the entire gamut of capital budgeting and suggests ways of improving its practices. It is the most contemporary Indian book available that describes and evaluates business practices in various areas. It helps readers develop a thorough understanding of the theories and concepts in a systematic way.\n\nSalient Features:\n1. New section: Simulation Analysis Using Excel, ADB Guidelines for Economic Analysis, Financial Flexibility and Opportunity Capture, Types of Contracts Between the Government and Various Parties, Financing for Different Stages of Infrastructure Projects\n2. New appendices: Appendix 2A — Some Concepts and Frameworks in Strategy Analysis; Appendix 2B — Strategy and Capital Allocation in Practice; Appendix 19A: How VCs Make Decisions; Appendix 22A — How Frank Gehry Does it on Budget and Time\n3. Substantial revision of several chapters\n4. Updated and expanded ancillary web material for students and instructors
Dr. Prasanna Chandra, Director of Centre for Financial Management, is an MBA, PhD (Finance). He has over five 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. He was a 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 on the boards of a number of organizations including Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Power Finance Corporation, UTIIAS, ICFAI, SDMIMD, IFCI, IIM (B), Templeton Mutual Fund, Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited, and Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited. He has been a consultant to many organisations.
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