To address the scale mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreak in British Columbia, salvage has become fully integrated with timber supply strategies. The objective of this thesis is to assess the economic impact of different salvage strategies depending on different attack levels, decay rates, and stakeholder discount rates. The study area is located in N.E. British Columbia where the MPB has not yet reached its peak and where susceptible to attack stands account for 40% of the area. Salvage strategies were modelled with a timber supply model (Woodstock) which uses a linear programming type II optimization approach. Performance of the model was assessed over a range of indicators such as NPV, profit, salvage proportion, species composition, inventory levels, and non-recoverable volume. Sensitivity analyses were conducted on harvest flow, discount rate, and ending inventory. The model was very sensitive to the intensity of attack and less sensitive to the decay level. The high level of attack resulted in large volume losses, mostly as un-salvaged inventory. Although allowable annual cut (AAC) uplifts have an economic benefit, they do not necessarily maximize the salvage of pine. Non-pine species are an important component of the salvage and these species are also essential for the future timber supply. If the objective is to ensure quality and quantity of the future forest, policies have to complement AAC uplifts by strongly encouraging the salvage of mainly pine-leading stands and management options that minimize the “by-catch” of non-pine species and minimize destruction of advanced regeneration during salvage. However, this has an opportunity cost for the private industry where the objective is to maximize profit. If the salvage strategy focuses on decreasing the impact on cash flows, achieving desirable ending inventory levels, avoiding salvage of stands after shelf-life, and reducing impact on non-attack species, then the current harvest level will likely lead to a mid-term timber supply fall-down. Using the fibre for bioenergy production is an alternative if managing for bioenergy can be integrated into harvest operations. However, unlike mill residues, the bioenergy supply has to fully account for harvest and transportation costs of dead wood to the mill. / Forestry, Faculty of / Graduate

The aim of diploma thesis is to evaluate the activities of the company Prezenta Czech, s.r.o. and a draft investment realization. The evaluation of financial situation is done using selected indicators of financial analysis. It is obtained the real picture about the actual business of the company. Another goal of this work is to help partners company in the decision, which way directed the delivery of advertising and presentation systems, as currently solves the problem of poor quality supplies from China and the ever-lengthening delivery times. Therefore follows the decision to purchase a printer and method of financing.

The aim of this master's thesis is to create a project of a small power plant in the Czech republic, which would be powered by geothermal energy as a renewable energy source. Followed by evaluation of economic effectiveness and return of that investment. For which I use known methods for evaluation and investment decision making.

The investor has to decide whether he realizes the investment in the biogas power plant Smržice with a certain installed capacity If implemented, the investor is entitled to the government-guaranteed purchase price of electricity fixed for 15 years. It is necessary to predict profits and cash flows of each period which are further used for dynamic investment evaluation methods for the purpose of investment decision making. The application of the net present value shows whether the investment project is acceptable or not. The sensitivity analysis is used to compare changes in inputs with its impact on the net present value. The biogas power plant Smržice is typical example of biogas power plants built in Czech Republic in 2011-12 due to the government economic support, so finally these conclusions are generalised for the whole branch of electricity production from biogas.

This thesis deals with the issue of investment decision. The goal of thesis is to evaluate for the company owners optimal investment variant of predetermined investment opportunities. Thesis is divided into theoretical-methodological part, which summarizes all the methods and procedures and practical part. The practical part consists mainly of net present value calculations, which chosen input data will be afterwards analyzed by sensitivity test. Application of these apparatuses will reveal the best investment opportunity, respectively their combination

The aim of the masters thesis is to analyse the risk of the strategic and financial plan of a microbrewery as well as to decide whether the proposed investment project is feasible due to identified information of risk. The thesis describes and analyzes the environment of the particular enterprise by implementing a PEST Analysis, Porters Five Forces analysis, Financial Analysis, Internal Analysis and a SWOT Analysis. The result of the strategic analyses are implemented to propose an investment project with the appropriate financial plan of the investment and the Net Present Value calculation. The key risk factor is identified by implementing the Monte Carlo simulation followed by a Sensitivity Analysis and the impact of the key risk factor is analysed consecutively. Considering all the previous analyses and also ascertained information the recommendation is made to realize the investment as the result of the thesis.

The topic of the thesis is an evaluation of a real investment project of the company Moravia Sport Group s.r.o. with regard to the current and projected development of macro area, competitive environment and financial analysis results. The aim of this thesis is to give recommendations for the management of the company in order to decide whether to realize or reject the intended project. The theoretical part summarizes the basic analysis, the stages of the investment decision, the parameters entering into the investment evaluation and methods of their evaluation. In its practical part, the thesis initially presents the analysis of the external environment and inner potential of the company performed at first. Subsequently the investment project including its input parameters is introduced and an evaluation of the investment on the basis of defined methods is performed. The conclusion of the practical part is devoted to the sensitivity analysis and overall assessment of the investment plan.

The main goal of this study is to show a preparation of an investment project aimed on heating in a concrete company and to evaluate an economic effectiveness of the individual possible variants of the project. The project is unique due to particular financing from European union's grants and due to a goal of the company to meet new emission norm. The study is divided to three parts. In the first part, a theoretical one, is described a preparation of the project and an administration process of providing the grand from European Union funds. The second chapter deals with identification of the concrete investment project and the conditions of its evaluation. Moreover, important information about investor and circumstances of the investment project realization are discussed in this chapter. Finally, the process of the concrete grant approval is analyzed. The third part evaluates economic effectiveness according to cost measures and to net present value of the individual project variants. Because of a different lifespan of project variants the cost annual equivalent and the annuity equivalent has to be used. The results of cost measures and net present value are different. This pointes to the difference between cost only view and complex cash flow view. The final overall evaluation takes into consideration the ecologic part of the project. The final resolution has to make a compromise between various measurements. The study evaluates a real project. Therefore, the data are also based on reality.

The thesis deals with the evaluation of real investment project of SEVEN-K s.r.o. company which intends to invest in a new production line for nickel plating. Theoretical part of the thesis involves summary of basic analysis, phases of investment decision process, aspects affecting the investment evaluation and dynamic methods of evaluation.Beginning of practical part is an introduction of the analyzed company followed by financial analysis which determines its economic health. After introduction of investment into the new technology of chemical nickel plating including its inputs, the investment evaluating methods are performed. At the end there is a single-factor sensitivity analysis. The goal of the thesis is to provide recommendations to the management of SEVEN-K s.r.o. company in terms of realizing or rejecting the investment.

The diploma thesis focuses on the evaluation of the investment plan for the construction of a new residential complex in Brno and the subsequent evaluation of the profitability of the project for the company. On the basis of the literary research, theoretical knowledge is elaborated, which is the starting point for processing the investment plan. The effectiveness of the investment project and its risks are evaluated using statistical methods and analyzes. In conclusion, the obtained data are evaluated, according to which it is possible to say whether or not to recommend the investment plan.