Autore	McGrath Robert N.
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York : , : Business Expert Press, , 2020
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (166 pages)
Disciplina	658.152
Soggetto topico	Capital investments Capital budget
ISBN	9781949991857
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910480304503321

Autore	Barshop Paul H. <1964->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2016
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (227 p.)
Disciplina	658.15/2
Collana	THEi Wiley ebooks
Soggetto topico	Capital investments Project management
ISBN	1-119-11923-5 1-119-11924-3 1-119-17671-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Capital Projects: What Every Executive Needs to Know to Avoid Costly Mistakes and Make Major Investments Pay Off; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: Falling Short of Expectations: How Executives Struggle to Deliver the Value from Their Capital Projects; Background and Basis for the Book; Capital Projects Create Value; Most Projects Create Less Value Than Expected; Results Apply to All Types of Projects; Sources of Value Erosion Are Not Limited to Cost and Schedule Overruns; How to Deliver the Value Promised; Causes of Value Erosion Often Start Early 2: Why the Stage-Gate Process Is the Best Tool Executives Can Use to Get the Most Value from Their Capital ProjectsA Necessary Process; How Does the Process Work?; Assess: What Do We Want to Accomplish?; Select and Define: How Should We Accomplish It?; What Is the Role of Executives in the Process?; Different Kinds of Executives; Project Governance Structures; Stage-Gates and Executive Control; 3: The Project Frame: Understand the Opportunity before Starting a Project; Typical Contents of a Project Frame; Unlock Value by Finding a Better Option; How to Develop a Project Frame Where Are We Now?Where Do We Want to Be?; Use the Frame for Executive Alignment and Endorsement; Develop the Target Condition; How Do We Get There?; 4: The Critical Project Sponsor Role; Who Is the Project Sponsor?; Overview of Project Sponsor Role; Assign a Project Sponsor as the Initial Business Case Is Developed; Requirements for a Strong Project Sponsor; Make the Project Sponsor Own the Business Case; Establish the Mandate for the Project Sponsor; Hold Project Sponsors Accountable at the Stage-Gates; Focus on the Project Sponsor Behaviors That Produce Robust Business Cases Building a Strong Project Sponsor and Project Manager RelationshipChoosing the Right Project Sponsor; Seniority and Credibility; Knowledge of the Business and Its Operations; Interpersonal and Critical Thinking Skills; Understanding of Basic Project Management Concepts; Continuity; 5: The Single Most Important Thing an Executive Can Do to Make Any Capital Project Succeed: Define Clear Objectives; Business Objectives versus Project Objectives; Developing Clear Objectives; Developing Comprehensive Objectives; Confirm Alignment of Objectives with Business and Corporate Strategy Surface Strategic Objectives EarlyCommunicating the Objectives; Communicate the Uncertainty in the Business Case to Get Better Project Objectives; Explain the Objectives Face-to-Face; Executives Have to Show Up and Participate; Prioritizing the Objectives; 6: The Executive's Role in Building and Supporting High-Performing Project Teams; Executive Leaders Lead; Invest in a Strong Owner Project Team; Why You Need a Functionally Integrated Team; Help the Project Manager Get the Resources for a Functionally Integrated Team; Do Not Outsource the Owner Team Role More Experienced Project Teams Do Better Projects
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910135049103321

Autore	Baker H. Kent
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Chichester, : Wiley, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (504 p.)
Disciplina	658.15
Altri autori (Persone)	MartinGerald S
Collana	Robert W. Kolb Series
Soggetto topico	Capital investments Corporations -- Finance Corporations - Finance
ISBN	1-283-05257-1 9786613052575 1-118-26625-0 1-118-02292-0
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1 Capital Structure: An Overview; PART I The Elements of Capital Structure; 2 Factors Affecting Capital Structure Decisions; 3 Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy; 4 Capital Structure and Firm Risk; 5 Capital Structure and Returns; 6 Capital Structure and Compensation; 7 Worldwide Patterns in Capital Structure; PART II Capital Structure Choice; 8 Capital Structure Theories and Empirical Tests: An Overview; 9 Capital Structure Irrelevance: The Modigliani-Miller Model; 10 Trade-Off, Pecking Order, Signaling, and Market Timing Models 11 Estimating Capital Costs: Practical Implementation of Theory's Insights12 Economic, Regulatory, and Industry Effects on Capital Structure; 13 Survey Evidence on Financing Decisions and Cost of Capital; 14 Survey Evidence on Capital Structure: Non-U.S. Evidence; PART III Raising Capital; 15 The Roles of Financial Intermediaries in Raising Capital; 16 Bank Relationships and Collateralization; 17 Rating Agencies and Credit Insurance; 18 Secured Financing; 19 Sale and Leasebacks; PART IV Special Topics; 20 Financial Distress and Bankruptcy; 21 Fiduciary Responsibility and Financial Distress 22 The Lease versus Buy Decision23 Private Investment in Public Equity; 24 Financing Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions; Answers to Chapter Discussion Questions; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910141009203321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2018
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (iii, 47 pages) : illustrations
Soggetto topico	Veterans' hospitals - United States - Cost effectiveness Capital - United States - Accounting Capital investments - United States Veterans - Medical care - United States Capital - Accounting Capital investments Expenditures, Public Management Veterans - Medical care
Soggetto genere / forma	Legislative hearings.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Care where it counts
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910709826203321