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This case describes the history and justification of a capital investment project. It is typical of how many investment proposals evolve in organisations. Consequently it is more illuminating in terms of the strategic, control and organisational context of capital budgeting than of the techniques of appraisal per se.
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Further Reading
Bower, J, J., ‘Managing the Resource Allocation Process’, Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration. (Harvard University, 1970).
Pettigrew, A., The Politics of Organisational Decision-making (Tavistock, 1973 ).
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© 1979 Andrew M. McCosh and Michael J. Earl
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McCosh, A.M., Earl, M.J. (1979). Elliot Products Ltd. In: Accounting Control and Financial Strategy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04018-6_7
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