Engineering Economist articles from March 2004

Engineering Economist archives from March 2004

Editorial.(Editorial)
March 22, 2004... It is time for me to bid a sad farewell. This is the last issue that I will be working as editor of The Engineering Economist, before I step down. Professor Joe Hartman at Lehigh University will take over the editorship, and Taylor and Francis...

The engineering learning portal for problem solving: experience in a large engineering economy class.
March 22, 2004... Engineering economic analysis is primarily concerned with problem solving. Most introductory texts begin by describing the importance of engineering economy in the design process [15], the engineering process [17], the (rational)...

Economic analysis in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul industry: an options approach.
March 22, 2004... Corporate planners have employed numerous tools to value capital investment decisions to include payback period, internal rate of return, and net present value. To aid in the valuation of irreversible capital expenditure decisions under...

Ranking mutually exclusive projects: the role of duration.
March 22, 2004... Managers can evaluate a project's cash flow stream using a number of different measures: the net present value (NPV) is a dollar figure, the internal rate of return (IRR) is an annual percentage, and Macaulay duration [15] is a gauge of...

Evidence of earnings management from the measurement of the deferred tax allowance account.
March 22, 2004... This study is designed to identify accounting choice variables that influence managers' decisions to change the level of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, "Accounting...