You may refer to the following links which contain papers on use of capital budgeting methods in decision making & the frequency of their use:

http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2115/44167/1/EJHU_39_39.pdf

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/eb018479

https://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~charvey/Research/Published_Papers/P76_How_do_CFOs.pdf

Hope this helps.

Hemlata

Hello Hemlata,

Thank you for your help

Raed

The basic text by Moles et al on Corporate Finance gives straightforward info.  Damodaran is also good.

Hi Edward,

Thank you very much for your advice.

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Raed 

Essentials of Financial Analysis, Samuel C. Weaver, Ph.D. McGraw-Hill, Professional Books, December 2012.  Chapters 7, 8, and 9 are clear and concise with many illustrations and examples.

Hello Samuel,

Thank you for your help.

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Raed

If you are interested not only on traditional approaches, you may find useful "Investment under uncertainty" (Dixit and Pindyck, 1994) and "Real Options: A Practitioner’s Guide" (Copeland and Antikarov, 2003).

Dear Raed

In this site you might find new point of views that might be of interest to you: http://ssrn.com/author=145648

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Dear Pedro,

Thank you very much for you help

Best regards 

Raed

Dear Ignacio,

Thank you very much for you advice

Best regards 

Raed