This paper proposes project management for a national economy in search for new projects, even with competition between projects. Traditional Cost-Benefit does not respond to this purpose. Indeed Cost-Benefit is only interested in one specific project and not in a competition between projects....

The paper aims to emphasize the role of project management, as a strategic option, encompassing integrated environmental issues, in removing the industry as well as the organizational barriers (constraints) in developing effective proactive environmental strategies. Assuming that nowadays...

The ethics issues in the research projects is sometimes neglected or superficially treated. The management of any project in the field of the scientific research has specific duties in order to assure the application of the ethical principles. The paper is emphasizing the main principles and the...

Project finance represents the most common way to finance large investments, especially but not limited infrastructure and energy. The last couple of years shows that the banks did not used the proper tools project valuation, especially form the risk perspective. The most common way of analysis...

Purpose – Investment decisions by agribusiness firms are costly and subject to high volatility and uncertainty. In many cases, the project value is not only determined by its cash-flows stream and financial side effects but also by the presence of substantial future uncertainty such as project...

Innovation is vital to successful, long-term company performance in the construction industry. Understanding the innovation process, how innovation can be enhanced and how it can be measured are key steps to managing and enhancing innovation. The factors that affect innovation on a project were...

In the actual crisis context, investment project appraisals and capital budgeting, which involve assessing the financial feasibility of a project, should use Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) analysis. This paper tries to present good practice principles and rules in project appraisal and financial...

We investigate the group processes involved in effort estimation in the context of Project Management. The groups considered are formed by "experts" (people with specific technical competence) and "non-experts"¬ù (people with less specific technical competence, usually experts in related...

The field of Project Management has become increasingly important lately. Nowadays there are different types of educational programs which promise providing the necessary knowledge to those interested in joining the large world of business. If you want to be a certified project manager, you must...