A new pragmatic approach to capital investment appraisal: The financial appraisal profile (FAP) model

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-341

  Lefley, Frank ^a,b   Morgan, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sandwood   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting operations; Financial economic analysis

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CAPITAL INVESTMENT APPRAISAL; FINANCIAL APPRAISAL PROFILE (FAP) MODEL;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032141321     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(98)00089-9     Document Type: Article

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