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- Commercial analysis in project appraisalPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaAn adequate analysis of investment projects should provide a knowledge of the commercial factors that are critical to the success of the project. The evaluation of a project should identify the problems associated with the market where the project will be placed and develop the relevant market competencies to allow the project to meet the market’s expectations and face its competition. As such, project appraisal should analyse the aspects associated with the project’s commercial dynamic and, therefore, this work supports the idea that project appraisal should include an analysis of the commercial area.
- Human resources and management in projectsPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaWhen valuing an investment project, all the factors that affect its viability should be analysed. As such, not only financial aspects are important, but also non-financial aspects. In effect, in project appraisal we should analyse the human resources and the role of the project manager and his personal characteristics and attributes. We support the idea that human resources and project manager areas have to be analysed when determining a project’s viability.
- Investment projects: evaluation tools and methodsPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaGiven the need to study di erent areas of analysis during the investment decision process, it is imperative to know which tools and methods are used by companies to assess various financial and non- financial aspects. As regards tools, we find that fi rms use checklists of analysis for non- financial aspects, whereas they use their past experience in risk assessment, gathered from other projects. Records of past evaluation tend to be maintained in companies and those that use external advisors to evaluate projects tend to perform political analysis. As for the methods, companies use the identi cation of risk factors and assessment of eff ects and risk probabilities, the discussion and assessment of favorable and unfavorable factors to the project's execution, a coordinated analysis of nancial and non- nancial aspects, and the creation of lists of risk indices, attributing a qualitative weight to each item. We have also analyzed the relationship between these tools and methods and each area of analysis in project evaluation.
- Investment projects: evaluation tools and methodsPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaGiven the need to study di erent areas of analysis during the investment decision process, it is imperative to know which tools and methods are used by companies to assess various nancial and non- nancial aspects. As regards tools, we find that firms use checklists of analysis for non- fi nancial aspects, whereas they use their past experience in risk assessment, gathered from other projects. Records of past evaluation tend to be maintained in companies and those that use external advisors to evaluate projects tend to perform political analysis. As for the methods, companies use the identi cation of risk factors and assessment of ef fects and risk probabilities, the discussion and assessment of favorable and unfavorable factors to the project's execution, a coordinated analysis of fi nancial and non- financial aspects, and the creation of lists of risk indices, attributing a qualitative weight to each item. We have also analyzed the relationship between these tools and methods and each area of analysis in project evaluation.
- Mutual funds withdraw shield: performance or agency costs driver?Publication . Alves, Carlos Francisco; Mouta, HelenaIn this paper, using a unique database, we compare the performance of a set of equity mutual funds to a set of equity savings funds, which are similar to equity mutual funds in all but one characteristic: the tax regime that strongly penalizes withdrawals from equity savings funds. We found evidence consistent with the hypothesis that mutual funds less subject to liquidity shocks exhibit higher performances.
- Project appraisal: a refectionPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaWe present project evaluation approaches that should be used as a basis for decision. We try to fi nd what aspects must be taken into account in project analysis, acknowledging the need to consider intangible aspects that are impossible to measure and that lead to subjective analysis to project evaluators. We also wish to understand if fi rms have adequate tools and methods that incorporate and quantify all non nancial aspects. We have identi ed several other aspects that infl uence projects' evaluation and decision-making. This is not a mere fi nancial activity, but involves a diversity of behavioural and organizational factors, and business perception, which should be adequately adjusted to invest with success.
- Project appraisal: a reflectionPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaWe present project evaluation approaches that should be used as a basis for decision. We try to fi nd what aspects must be taken into account in project analysis, acknowledging the need to consider intangible aspects that are impossible to measure and that lead to subjective analysis to project evaluators. We also wish to understand if fi rms have adequate tools and methods that incorporate and quantify all non nancial aspects. We have identi ed several other aspects that infl uence projects' evaluation and decision-making. This is not a mere fi nancial activity, but involves a diversity of behavioural and organizational factors, and business perception, which should be adequately adjusted to invest with success.
- Project appraisal: a reflectionPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaWe present project evaluation approaches that should be used as a basis for decision. We try to find what aspects must be taken into account in project analysis, acknowledging the need to consider intangible aspects that are impossible to measure and that lead to subjective analysis to project evaluators. We also wish to understand if firms have adequate tools and methods that incorporate and quantify all non financial aspects. We have identified several other aspects that influence projects’ evaluation and decisionmaking. This is not a mere financial activity, but involves a diversity of behavioural and organizational factors, and business perception, which should be adequately adjusted to invest with success.
- Project’s assessment principles and strategiesPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaThe decision of investment is related with a lot of issues that have an assignment in each project and in the final success of a project. In a project appraisal it is important to consider not only the project characteristics, but also the constraints that influence the project. It seems relevant the coordination between evaluation and planning, the continuous or phased evaluation, experience and learning. In the analysis of a project we have also to analyze financial and the non-financial factors.
- Projectos de investimento: abordagem tradicional nas empresas portuguesasPublication . Moutinho, Nuno; Mouta, HelenaA decisão de implementação do projecto de investimento é tomada no momento inicial e depende do valor gerado ser superior ao investimento efectuado. As técnicas de avaliação podem basear-se tanto dados contabilísticos como em critérios baseados no cash flow. Neste trabalho, analisam-se as técnicas de avaliação do risco subjacente ao projecto, bem como se procura conhecer o custo de capital e a taxa de actualização mais utilizada pelas empresas. As empresas portuguesas realçam a taxa interna de rentabilidade, o valor actualizado líquido, a análise de cenários, o período de recuperação do capital, a dimensão do projecto e o risco de ciclo de negócio, bem como o custo de capital da empresa e do projecto como aspectos da análise de projecto de investimento mais relevantes. A dimensão e sector de actividade da empresa, bem como o tipo, a dimensão e a duração do projecto são factores que influenciam a análise efectuada pelas empresas portuguesas.