Long-Term Investments: Project Planning and Appraisal [Hardcover]

Preface. 1. Appraisal of Large-Scale Investment Projects: An Overview 2. Strategic Aspects of Large-scale Investment Projects 3. Financial Modeling 4. Optimization of Capital Structure 5. Assessment of Project Viability 6. Analysis of Project Risk 7. Management of Project Risk 8. Risk and Real Options in Project Appraisal 9. Public-Private Partnerships and the Role of Governments. Appendix A. Case 1. Case 2. Case 3. Annexures. Index

Srinivasan Sunderasan is Economist at Verdurous Solutions Private Limited (Mysore, India), an Investment advisory and consultancy specializing in management and financing aspects of renewable energy, microfinance, water, waste and other sustainable development initiatives. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Country Manager (India) of Photovoltaic Market Transformation Initiative (PVMTI), an Investment Officer with the South Asian Region for Solar Development Group (SDG) and Triodos Renewable Energy for Development Fund. He obtained his PhD from University of Vienna, Austria in 2005 specializing in Business Economics.First published in 2009. The limited text material available to highlight the relationships among capital structure, managerial incentives and valuation has also constrained teaching efforts at business schools. Long-term Investments is intended to give a birds eye view of projects for a diverse audience encountered at contemporary business schools. This book is an attempt to blend the theory from Corporate Finance courses with the real-world situations encountered by a project analyst. It provides a systematic guided-tour ofl³Ñ