Dynamics. The Law of Motion.- Statics. The Law of Conservation.- Financial Statements.- Estimating the Cash Flows.- Valuation and Value Creation.- Project Appraisal.- The Quest for a Relative Approach.- Average Internal Rate of Return.- Internal Rate of Return.- Internal Average Rate of Return and Aggregate Return on Investment.- Ranking Projects.- Three Decisions.
About the Author: Carlo Alberto Magni is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics "Marco Biagi" and at the School of Doctorate E4E (Engineering for Economics - Economics for Engineering) of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has received the national qualification as full professor in Financial Markets and Institution in 2014 and in Mathematical Methods for Economics, Finance, and Actuarial Sciences in 2017.
Graduated in Economics and Business in 1989, he received his Ph.D. in Mathematics for Economic Decisions from the University of Trieste in 1996. He holds a Master in Business Administration from the University of Turin, received in 1991.
His teaching activities include engineering economics and financial management, principles and models for managerial decisions, mathematics for investment and credit, and calculus. His research areas are engineering economics, corporate finance, managerial finance, financial management, management accounting, financial mathematics. He has written more than 100 papers and published in more than 25 different journals, including European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Quantitative Finance, Journal of Mathematical Economics, The Engineering Economist, European Accounting Review, Theory and Decision, Managerial Finance, Economic Modelling, Insurance: Mathematics and Economics.
In 2011, he won the "Eugene L. Grant Award", granted by the Engineering Economy Division of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Since 2013, he serves as an area editor for The Engineering Economist, a joint publication of the Engineering Economy Division of ASEE and the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).