Economy
Amir Hossein Mozayani
Abstract
The issue of decision-making and selection among different options has been continuously considering as one of the human concerns. Obviously, this issue has taken on a more complex nature with the development and evolution of societies. In this regard, having the methods and knowledge that can facilitate ...
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The issue of decision-making and selection among different options has been continuously considering as one of the human concerns. Obviously, this issue has taken on a more complex nature with the development and evolution of societies. In this regard, having the methods and knowledge that can facilitate decision-making is very important. The above topic in the field of economics knowledge is expressed as Economic Evaluation of Projects which has a long history in economic literature and multiple texts in this field, have been published. In the present article, the evaluation and critique of the book Economic Evaluation of Project is on the agenda. In this regard, during the content of the article, while referring to the general features of the book, an attempt has been made to briefly mention the content of each chapter. In addition, according to the literature review, the strengths and weaknesses of the book were described separately and attempts were made to provide suggestions for improving the text in future editions. It seems that delivering a sufficient combination of evaluation criteria, an applied approach of the contents and delivering a manual for applying related soft wares, are among distinguished aspects of the book.
Economy
Fatemeh Mehrabani
Abstract
Engineering economics is one of the branches of economics. It is effective in implementing the goal of the economy, which is the optimal allocation of resources to unlimited human demands. One of the published books in the field of optimal allocation, planning, and policy-making is "Economic Evaluation ...
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Engineering economics is one of the branches of economics. It is effective in implementing the goal of the economy, which is the optimal allocation of resources to unlimited human demands. One of the published books in the field of optimal allocation, planning, and policy-making is "Economic Evaluation of Projects". The purpose of writing such a book is to teach the concepts needed by economic activists and their application in making the right decisions in order to prevent the waste of economic resources. The present book, due to various shortcomings such as lack of innovation, presentation of concepts in a scattered and out of order way and lack of a practical example that comprehensively covers the subject, lack of proper formulation of topics related to the advanced concept deals more with practical topics than advanced topics - and the inclusion of some general topics that have no place in advanced and specialized topics, failure to present the behavioral goals of each chapter, inconsistency of title and content from achieving explanation, description and proper description of the subject and purpose are other drawbacks of the present book. The book mentioned in this article has been reviewed in a critical-argumentative way, in the field of library studies, away from any prejudices and with fairness, and some parts have been researched and elaborated.