Projects are discarded at the appraisal stage for lack of a business case. By applying NPV or the discounted payback period techniques, projects exhibiting an unduly long payback period or a negative NPV are deemed lacking a business case and therefore not undertaken. This can be a premature decision or wrong decision or both.
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Source: Best Practices in Business Case Development PDF: Project Not Feasible? Not So Fast! A Black-Scholes Perspective PDF (PDF) Document, PK Mwangi Global Consulting
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