Technical note - The internal rate of return (IRR) as a financial indicator

Engineering Economist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-197

  Hajdasinski, Miroslaw M ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GRAPH THEORY; INVESTMENTS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ECONOMIC INDICATORS; INTERNAL RATE OF RETURN (IRR); NET PRESENT VALUE (NPV); PROJECT EVALUATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 23344445292     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910490453437     Document Type: Article

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