INDEX
ABC, see activity based costing
acquisitions
activity based costing (ABC)
advertising
aerospace industry
aircraft
alliances
allocation
resource
Amram, M.
analysis
cost-benefit
Andary, J. F.
annuity
Apple iPhone
appliance industry
appraisal
economic
Armstrong, J.
Arrow, K.
Arthur, W. B.
assessment
cost
effectiveness
effort
schedule
assets
existing
future
liquidation
returns
tangible
auto radar
automobile industry
automobiles
average cost
average productivity
backward induction
Bailey, J. W.
balance sheet
Balda, D. M.
Banks, J.
Basili, V. R.
batteries
Baumol W. J.
BCR, see benefit-cost ratio
Beaudouin-Lafon, M.
behavioral economics
Bell, D.
benefit cost ratio
Besanko, D.
binomial lattices
biotechnology industry
Black, F.
Black-Scholes calculator
Black-Scholes equation
Black-Scholes option pricing model
Blanchard, B.
Blinder A. S.
Boehm, B. W.
Boer, F. P.
Boff, K. R.
Bradley, S.
Braeutigam R. R.
Brent, R. J.
Brigham, E. F.
Brooks, F. P.
Brownian motion
Brynjolfsson, E.
bundle
commodity
business processes
business units
Bussey, L. E.
Buys, R.
Cadillac
call option
capacity
acquisition
capacity costs
capacity creation
capital
fungible
capital asset pricing model
capital costs
capital investments
capital structure
CAPM, see capital asset pricing model
cardinal utility function
Carns, W. E.
Carpenter, S. R.
case studies
investments
cash flow
cash flow ROI
cash flow vectors
census data
CFROI, see cash flow ROI
champions
chemical companies
Chevrolet
choice
social
clearing equations
market
Cobb-Douglas production function
COCOMO
basic
detailed
intermediate
code and debug
collaboration
commitment
commoditization
commodity
complimentary
Giffen
inferior
substitute
superior
commodity bundle
commodity substitution
marginal rate of
communications
compatibility
competence
competition
imperfect
perfect
competitive advantage
competitors
acquisition
complex adaptive phenomena
complex adaptive systems
complexity
complexity theory
complimentary commodity
conditions
Kuhn-Tucker
confidence
Congress
consistency at the margin
consistency in time
constructive cost model (COCOMO)
consumer
fundamental problem of
theory of
consumer behaviors
consumer characteristics
consumer desires
consumer market
consumer preferences
consumption
efficient
Conte, S. D.
contingencies
contingent needs
continuity
control
Cooper, R.
cooperative programming model
Copeland, T. E.
COPMO, see cooperative programming model
core competencies
COSOSIMO
cost
average
marginal
cost and benefits
identification of
cost assessment
cost avoidance
cost-benefit analyses and assessments
cost-benefit analysis
cost-benefit studies
cost-effectiveness analyses and assessments
cost influencers
cost models
cost of capital
cost of production
costs
scalable
sunk
COSYSMO
courage
Cournot aggregation condition
cross elasticity
cumulative distribution function
Cunningham, S. W.
customer support
cycle time
DCF, see discounted cash flow
Debreu, G.
debt
debug and code
decision
exercise
decision tree
decision-making processes
decisions and games
delivery
Efficiency Case Study
Delphi technique
demand
excess
DeMarco, T.
deNeufville, R.
depreciation
derivatives
Dertouzos, M.
design
detailed
differentiation
diminishing marginal productivity
discount rate
discounted cash flow
distribution
Dixit, A. K.
dominance
DR, see discount rate
drift
earnings
future
economic appraisal methods
economic attributes
economic behavior
consumer
productive units
economic equilibria
economic market equilibria
economic models
classic
economic pitfalls
economic region
economic theory
classic
economic utility theory
economic value
economic value added
economic welfare
economics
information
normative
program and project management
welfare
economies of scale
economy
perfectly competitive
education
Edwards, W.
effectiveness
identification of
quantification of
effectiveness assessment
effects
external
secondary
efficiency
Efficiency Case Study
efficiency investment
efficient consumption
efficient frontier
efficient production
effort assessment
effort models
elasticity
cross
price
elasticity of production
elasticity of substitution
embedded mode
emerging markets
energy
Engel aggregation condition
engineering
engineering costs
equilibria
economic
supply-demand
equilibrium
market
Pareto Optimal
equilibrium stability condition
equity
error
estimation models
European call options
EVA, see economic value added
Evans, P. B.
evolutionary economics
excess demand
exercise
decision
option
experiential model
exponential Brownian motion
exponential distribution
external effects
externalities
Fabozzi, F. J.
factor marginal revenue product
factor market clearing equation
factories
Felix, C.
finance
fundamental theorem
financial assets
financial industry
finite difference methods
firm
productive capacity of
theory of the
firm value
fixed costs
forecasting revenue
formulation
Fox, J. W.
framework
systems engineering
framing of options
Franklin, B.
free cash flows
fuel cell components
function
production
social welfare
utility
fundamental theorem of finance
G&A, see general and administrative expenses
games and decisions
Gapenski, L. C.
general and administrative expenses
generation
geometric Brownian motion
Giffen commodity
GM, see gross margin
GNP, see Gross National Product
goods, public
goodwill
governance
government agencies
gross cash flows
gross margin
Gross National Product
Gustafson, D. A.
Hanawalt, E.
Handbook of Systems Engineering and Management
health
healthcare
hedge
hedging
Helm, J. E.
histograms
Holt’s Value Associates
Hope, J.
Howard, C. W.
HSI, see Human Systems Integration
human abilities
human acceptance
human behavior
human capital
human knowledge
human limitations
human performance
human skills
Human Systems Integration (HSI)
investments
returns
human-centered design
identification of costs and benefits
identification of effectiveness
IEEE
imperfect competition
impossibility theorem
incentives
income
income effect
income statements
increasing returns of scale
incumbents
indifference
transitive
indifference axiom
inductive reasoning
inferior commodity
information economics
information products
information technology
innovations
insurance policy
integrated delivery system
integration
intellectual capital
interconnection
interest
interest rate
internal rate of return
Internet Explorer
interoperability
interpretation
inventions
inventory
investing in humans
investment
return on
investment case studies
investment decision making
investment issues
investment portfolios
investment problem
investment valuation
investments
aggressive
framing
highly leveraged
portfolio
staging
IRR, see internal rate of return
isoquant
Jane, J. A.
Jehle G. A
Jensen, R. W..
Johnson, H. T.
joint ventures
Kaplan, R. S.
Kelly, K.
Kemerer, C. F.
Klein, D. A.
knowledge capital
knowledge management
knowledge support systems
knowledge workers
Kollar, D. L.
Kuhn-Tucker conditions
Kulatilaka, N.
LAN, wireless
land
Layard, P. R. G.
learning organizations
Lederer, A. L.
Leontief, W.W.
Lev, Baruch
life cycle
systems engineering
lines of business
lock-in
lognormal distribution
Lorie, J
Luenberger, D. G.
Mackay, A. F.
Madden, B. J.
maintenance
majority rule
management
knowledge
management technology
manufacturing
marginal costs
marginal productivity
diminishing
marginal rate of commodity substitution
Marglin, S. A.
market clearing equations
market dominance
market equilibrium
market interdependencies
market offerings
market returns
market risks
market uncertainties
market value to book value ratio
market vision
marketing
MARR, see minimum attractive rate of return
Marshall stability condition
Mason, T. W.
maximum profit
MBC, see model based costing
mean
measurement and evaluation
mergers and acquisitions
Merton, R. C.
methods
comparison
microeconomic models
microeconomics
microsatellites
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Windows
military aircraft
Miller, C.
minimum attractive rate of return
minimum loss
Mintz, S. L.
Mishan, E. J.
model
constructive cost (COCOMO)
cooperative programming (COPMO)
experiential
resource estimation
model based costing
models
cost
effort
microeconomic
other COCOMO based
software cost
schedule
Mogernstern, O.
money, time value of
monopolies
Monte Carlo analysis
Monte Carlo simulation
Moore, G.
Moore’s law
Morgenstern, O.
multi-attribute utility theory
multiproduct firms
multiproduct production functions
multistage decisions
multistage investments
Myers, W.
Nassar, J. J.
necessary conditions for general economic market equilibrium
net economic value
net option value
net present value
net present worth
network effects
network externalities
network of networks
Ng, Y. K.
Nikaido, M.
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Nolan, R. L.
noneconomic attributes
non-operating assets
nonsatiation axiom
Norden, P. V.
normal distribution
normative economics
NPV, see net present value
NPV, see also net present worth
O’Guin, M. O.
OCC, see opportunity cost of capital
open access
operating costs
operating profit after tax
operations
opportunity cost of capital
optimality
Pareto
optical multiplexers
optical switches
optimal pricing
optimization
optimization versus agility
option
American
call
European
exercise
fundamental logic
put
real
option calculator
option calculator with Monte Carlo
option exercise costs
option pricing models
option pricing theory
option purchase costs
option value
option-based strategy
options
framing
in the money
multistage
nature
viable
ordering
social preference
ordinal utility function
organic mode
organizational structure
OV, see option value
Palmer, J.
parameter estimates
Pareto optimality
Pareto superiority
patents
path dependence
payback period
payments, transfer
Pennock, M. J.
perfect competition
perfectly competitive economy
performance
performance enhancements
perpetuity
personalized prices
personalized products
Peterson, P. P
pharmaceutical companies
pharmaceutical industry
physical assets
Pindyck, R. S.
pitfalls
economic
planning
plant
Porter, A. L.
portfolio analysis
positive feedback
potential Pareto superiority
Prasad, J.
preference
transitive
preference axiom
preference ordering, social
preliminary design
Prendergast, E. J.
preoperation
Prest, A. R.
price elasticity
price premiums
price sensitivity
price-earnings ratio
prices
private sector
probability distributions
process
systems engineering
process automation
process efficiency
process plants
processes
producer
production
cost of
efficient
elasticity of
production efficiencies
production function
Cobb-Douglass
production process
productive capacity of firm
productivity
average
marginal
software
professional societies
profit
profit premiums
profitability
profits
program and project management economics
project value
projected returns
proprietary capabilities
proprietary offerings
proprietary technologies
public goods
public sector
publishers
purpose
put option
Putnam, L. H.
Quah, E. H.
quality
quality of service
quantification of effectiveness
Quirk, J.
R&D
R&D Case Study
R&D costs
R&D investments
rate
discount
rate of substitution
real options
Reny P. J.
replicating portfolio
requirements definition
research
development, test, and evaluation
resource allocation
resource estimation model
return
minimum attractive rate of (MARR)
return on investment
return to scale
decreasing
increasing
internal rate of (IRR)
returns
REVIC, see revised intermediate COCOMO model
revised intermediate COCOMO model
rewards
risk
downside
hedge
risk diversification
risk mitigation
risk premium
risks
correlated
downside
hedging
market
technical
Roper, A. T.
Rose, L. M.
Ross, I.
Rossini, F. A.
Rouse, W. B.
Rubinfeld, D. L.
safety
Sage, A. P.
sales
sales automation
sales tax
Samuelson, P. A.
Saposnik, R.
Sassone, P. G.
Savage, L. J.
scale, return to
Schaffer, W. A.
schedule assessment
schedule models
Scholes, M.
secondary effects
security software
semiconductor memory
semiconductors
semidetached mode
sensing
sensitivity
analysis
asset value
discount rate
option exercise
option purchase
volatility
service systems
Shapiro, C.
Shen, V. Y.
Shiely, J. S.
shipbuilding
SLIM, see software lifecycle management model
Smart Grid
Smith, Adam
Smithson, C. W.
social choice
social networking
social preference ordering
social value
social welfare function
social welfare superiority
software cost models
software industry
software lifecycle management model
software productivity
Squire, L.
stability condition
equilibrium
Marshall
Walras
Stafford, J. H.
standard deviation
steps
systems engineering process
Stern, J. M.
Stewart, G. B.
stochastic process
strategic fit
strategic management
strategic metrics
strategic value
strict convexity axiom
structure
subsidy
substitute commodity
substitution
rate of
substitution effect
substitution elasticity
Sugden, R.
sunk costs
superior commodity
supplier relationships
supply
supply chain management
supply-demand equilibria
sustainable advantage
SV, see strategic value
Sveiby, K. E.
switching costs
synergy
systems acquisition or procurement
systems engineering
systems engineering and management
systems engineering definition
systems engineering framework
systems engineering life cycle
systems engineering phases
systems engineering process
systems engineering process steps
systems engineering steps and phases
systems management
systems modeling
systems planning and marketing
tangible assets
tatonnement
tax
sales
tax subsidy
taxes
team affiliations
technical risks
technical success
technical uncertainties
technology options
telecommunications
television
terminal value
testing
Thebault, S. M.
Theory of the Consumer
Theory of the Firm
time series
time value of money
Toffler, A.
trade-offs
training
training costs
transfer payments
transitive indifference
transitive preference
transitivity axiom
transmission
Trigeorgis, L.
trinomial lattices
trustworthy system
Turvey, R.
TV, see terminal value
U.S. Navy
Ulrich, D.
unanimity
uncertainty
management
unmanned vehicle
utility function
utility function properties
utility theory
economic
Valerdi, R.
valuation
intent
valuation methods
comparison
limitations
value
assessing
managing
net economic
option
project
see also worth
social
value centered investing
value networks
value of information
value propositions
value streams
value-added services
value-added tools
value-centered R&D
van der Tak, H. G.
variable costs
Varian, H. R.
venture capitalists
versioning
volatility
Von Neumann, J.
wage
Wald, A.
Walras stability condition
Walras’ law
Walston, C.
Walters, A. A.
warranted value
WBS, see work breakdown structure
weighted average cost of capital
Weingartner, H. M.
welfare
welfare economics
welfare maximization
welfare optimum
Westin, I. F.
Wiener process
Williams, A. C.
willingness to pay
wireless LAN
Wolverton, R. W.
work breakdown structure
workflow
workforce
worth
net present
worth, see also value
Wurster, T. S.
Yang, S.
Yovitz, M.