Projects : Planning, analysis, selection , financing, implementation and review / Prasanna chandra

Part 1 : Planning
Overview
1.1 Capital investments : Importance and difficulties
1.2 Types of capital investments
1.3 Phase of Capital budgeting
1.4 Levels of decision making
etc.

2. Strategy and capital allocation
2.1 Concept of strategy
2.2 Grand strategy
2.3 Diversification
2.4 Portfolio strategy
etc.

3. Generation and screening of project idea
3.1 Generation of idea
3.2 Monitoring the environment
3.3 Corporate appraisal
3.4 Tools for identifying invetsment opportunities
etc .

Part 11 . Analysis
4. Market and demand analysis
4.1 Situational analysis and specification of objectives
4.2 Collection of secondary information
4.3 Conduct of market survey
4.4 Characterization of the market
etc .

5 .Technical analysis
5.1 Manufacturing process/ technology
5.2 Technical arrangements
5.3 Material input and utilities
5.4 Product mix
etc.

6. Financial estimates and projection
6.1 Cost of project
6.2 Means of finance
6.3 Estimates of sales and production
6.4 Cost of production
etc.

Part iii : Selection : Basic technologies
7. The time value of money
7.1 Time lines and notations
7.2 Future value of a single amount
7.3 Present value of a single amount
7.4 Future value of an annuity
etc.

8 . Investment criteria
8.1 Net present value
8.2 Benefit coast ration
8.3 Internal rate of return
8.4 Urgency
etc.

9 .Project cash flows
9.1 Elements of the cash flow stream
9.2 Basic principles of cash flow estimation
9.3 Cash flow illustration
9.4 Cash flows for a replacement project
etc.

10. The cost of capital
10.1 Some preliminaries
10.2 Cost of debt and preference
10.3 Cost of equity
10.4 Determining the proportions
etc.

11. Stand -alone risk analysis
11.1 Source, measures and perspectives on risk
11.2 Sensitivity analysis
11.3 Scenario analysis
11.4 Break even analysis
etc.

Part iv : Selection : Advanced technologies
12. Risk analysis : Firm risk and market risk
12.1 Portfolio related risk measures
12.2 Mean- variance portfolio construction
12.3 Portfolio theory and capital budgeting
12.4 Carpital asset pricing model
etc.

13. Special decision situations
13.1 Choice between mutually exclusive projects of unequal life
13.2 Optimal timing
13.3 Determination of economic life
13.4 Interrelationship between investment and financing aspects
etc .

14. Social cost benefit analysis
14.1 Rationale for SCBA
14.2 UNIDO approach
14.3 Net benefits in terms of economic (efficiencies) prices
14.4 Measurement of the impact ofd distribution
etc.

15. Multiple projects and constraints
15.1 Constraints
15.2 Method of ranking
15.3 Mathematical programming approach
15.4 Programming model
etc.

16. Valuation of real options
16.1 How options work
16.2 Options and their payoffs just before expiration
16.3 Factors determine option valuation
16.4 Binomial model for option valuation
etc.

17 . Judgmental, Behavioral, Strategic and organization
17.1 Managerial intuition and judgement
17.2 Mission, strategy and capital budgeting
17.3 Bridging the gulf between strategic planning and financial analysis
17.4 Informational asymmetry and capital budgetting
etc.

Part v .Financing
18 Financing of projects
18.1 Capital structure
18.2 Menu of financing
18.3 Internal accruals
18.4 Equity capital
etc .

19 . Financing infrastructure projects
19.1 Typical project configuration
19.2 Key project parties
19.3 Project contracts
19.4 Financial structure and corporate governance
etc .

20 .Venture capital and private equity
20.1 VC investors
20.2 What is a VC investment
20.3 What makes a VC investment different
20.4 The VC investment appraisal process and management
etc .

Part vi .Implementation
21. Project management
21.1 Forms of project organization
21.2 Project planning
21.3 Project control
21.4 Human aspects of project management
etc.

22. Network techniques for project management
22.1 Development of project networks
22.2 Time estimation
22.3 Determination of the critical path
22.4 Scheduling when resources are limited
etc.

Part vii .Review
23. Project review and administration aspects
23.1 Control of in progress projects
23.2 Post completion audits
23.3 Abandonment analysis
23.4 Administrative aspects of capital budgetting
etc .

Includes Bibliography and index