TY - BOOK AU - Ross,Stephen A. AU - Westerfield,Randolph AU - Jordan,Bradford D. TI - Essentials of corporate finance T2 - The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in finance, insurance, and real estate SN - 9780073405131 (student edition : alk. paper) AV - HG4026 .R676 2008 U1 - 658.15 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Boston PB - McGraw-Hill/Irwin KW - Corporations KW - Finance N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Overview of financial management. -- Introduction to financial management -- Understanding financial statements and cash flow. -- FInancial statements, taxes, and cash flow -- Working with financial statements -- Valuation of future cash flows. -- Introduction to valuation: the time value of money -- Discounted cash flow valuation -- Valuing stocks and bonds. -- Interest rates and bond valuation -- Equity markets and stock valuation -- Capital budgeting. -- Net present value and other investment critieria -- Making capital investment decisions -- Risk and return. -- Some lessons from capital market history -- Risk and return -- Long-term financing. -- Cost of capital -- Leverage and capital structure -- Dividends and dividend policy -- Raising capital -- Short-term financial management. -- Short-term financial planning -- Working capital management -- Topics in business finance. -- International aspects of financial management -- Appendicies. -- A. Mathematical tables -- B. Key equations -- C. Answers to selected end-of-chapter problems -- D. Using the HP-10B and TI BA II Plus Financial calculators N2 - The three basic themes that emerge in this student text are an emphasis on working at an intuitive level, a unified valuation approach to corporate finance and a managerial focus emphasising the role of the financial manager as a decision maker UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007025532-t.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007025532-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0743/2007025532-b.html ER -