Finance for Engineers: Evaluation and Funding of Capital Projects

by Frank Crundwell

Overview

Engineering solutions and financial decisions are intimately tied together. The best engineers combine the technical and financial cases in determining new solutions to opportunities, challenges and problems. To get your project approved, no matter the size of it, the financials must be clear and compelling. By learning to argue the business case as part of the technical solution, you will have an impact on the company’s performance. This book provides a framework for engineers and scientists to undertake financial evaluations and assessments of engineering or production projects. The material covered enables the reader to understand how the economics of a technical project fit into the finances of the company. It demonstrates the integration of the technical and financial decision-making through case studies and examples relevant to the practising engineer. The book equips engineers and scientists with the tools to contribute positively to the financial and strategic decisions within the organization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849967082
Publisher:	Springer London
Publication date:	11/05/2010
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Pages:	622
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Dr Frank Crundwell BSc (Financial Maths), PhD (Chem. Eng.), has experience in academia (University of California, Berkeley; University of Cape Town; University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg), in technology development (BHP Billington) and corporate venture capital, and currently runs his own company (CM Solutions). He has been in involved in due diligence work, he has developed the business case for investment decisions, and he has patented and licensed inventions. He has also presented courses on Real Options Analysis and Finance for Professional Engineers for professionals.

Table of Contents

Foundations.- An Overview of the Evaluation and Financing of Capital Projects.- The Theory and Practice of Decision-making Concerning Capital Projects.- Financial Statements.- Cash Flows for a Project.- Evaluation of Capital Projects.- Time Value of Money.- Evaluation Criteria for Investment Decisions.- Mutually Exclusive, Replacement and Independent Projects.- Practical Issues in the Evaluation of Projects ..- Sensitivity, Scenario and Other Decision Analysis Techniques.- Case Studies on the Application of the Decision-making Criteria.- Risk Assessment.- Risk and Return.- Cost of Capital.- Risk in Engineering Projects.- Decision Tree Analysis and Utility Theory.- Real Options Analysis.- Financing of Capital Projects.- Sources of Finance.- Financing Engineering Projects.