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- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.