Capital Investment Analysis for Engineering and Management (2nd Edition) [Hardcover]

John R. Canada (Author), William G. Sullivan (Author), John A. White (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0133110362 | ISBN-13: 978-0133110364 | Publication Date: October 10, 1995 | Edition: 2

This state-of-the-art guide offers a balanced and clear presentation of topics essential to understanding the basics of engineering economy. Using a highly lucid approach that incorporates an abundance of example problems and solutions. Techniques for risk and uncertainty in capital investment analyses. Advanced topics pertinent to the study of analytical investment decision methodologies. New material on cost estimating and deterministic estimating techniques; revenue requirement method and analyses for public organizations; sudden failure replacement problems; and capital planning and budgeting. Ideal as a reference source for those in the engineering and engineering management industry.

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Practical and comprehensive, this well-received text offers a balanced and clear presentation of topics essential to understanding the basics of engineering economy. It has been completely revised to include coverage of today's most significant topics. The revision incorporates an abundance of example problems and solutions. Current and to-the-point, it provides a well- balanced and clear presentation of topics.

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This state-of-the-art guide offers a balanced and clear presentation of topics essential to understanding the basics of engineering economy. Using a highly lucid approach that incorporates an abundance of example problems and solutions. Techniques for risk and uncertainty in capital investment analyses. Advanced topics pertinent to the study of analytical investment decision methodologies. New material on cost estimating and deterministic estimating techniques; revenue requirement method and analyses for public organizations; sudden failure replacement problems; and capital planning and budgeting. Ideal as a reference source for those in the engineering and engineering management industry.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 566 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (October 10, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0133110362
• ISBN-13: 978-0133110364
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #773,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eh..., December 17, 2007

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Bailey Z. Rose (Orlando, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Capital Investment Analysis for Engineering and Management (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

We students had no choice but to use this book, as homework problems in class were assigned from the book... but as a textbook, I didn't like it. There are examples, but they frankly suck. The book makes assumptions without explaining them adequately, and the text is rife with small errors and typos.

This isn't a difficult subject, but the text manages to make learning it tedious and often confusing.

Still... a necessity for those enrolled in courses that require this text.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Just a text book, January 9, 2007

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Xiaodong Sun "Huadao" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Capital Investment Analysis for Engineering and Management (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Hard to understand the content of the book. The basic meaning is not difficult. But the way the book descripts the theories/meanings is really hard to understand.
Just a textbook.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good textbook, February 12, 2003

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Nivas Durairaj (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Capital Investment Analysis for Engineering and Management (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)

We were required to buy this textbook for our Engineering Economics class at UT-Austin. I found this book helpful as an introduction to business. It gave us quite a number of examples and review questions to help us understand the major concepts. Even though the book may have contained a little too much information, I really liked it since I learnt a lot from it.