Corporate Financial
Management, 3rd edition

By Glen Arnold
Financial Times / Pearson Education Limited
August 2005
ISBN: 0273687263
1, 344 Pages, Illustrated
$117.50 paper original


Corporate Financial Management is a thorough and comprehensive introduction to corporate finance, set within a realistic and practical based context. It provides extensive coverage of financial decision making within the firm and explains the financial markets in a highly accessible manner. The emphasis is on connecting finance theory to practical management.

The core theoretical principles of corporate financial management are explained with rigor and clarity and given a strong real world relevance through the use of Financial Times articles, vignettes and mini case studies. This book is suitable for second and third year undergraduate students of business studies, accounting, finance, and economics . It is particularly valuable for those studying MBA and MSc. in business courses.

Contents
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
1. The Financial World
PART TWO: THE INVESTMENT DECISION
2. Project Appraisal: Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return
3. Project Appraisal: Cash Flow and Applications
4. The Decision-making Process for Investment Appraisal
5. Project Appraisal: Capital Rationing, Taxation and Inflation
PART THREE: RISK AND RETURN
6. Risk and Project Appraisal
7. Portfolio Theory
8. The Capital Asset Pricing Model and Multi-Factor Models
PART FOUR: SOURCES OF FINANCE
9. Stock Markets
10. Raising Equity Capital
11. Long-term Debt Finance
12. Short-term and Medium-term Finance
13. Treasury and Working Capital Management
14. Stock Market Efficiency
PART FIVE: CORPORATE VALUE
15. Value Management
16. The Pervasiveness of Value Principles
17. Value Creation Metrics
18. Entire Firm Value Measurement
19. The Cost of Capital
20. Valuing Shares
21. Capital Structure
22. Dividend Policy
23. Mergers
PART SIX: MANAGING RISK
24. Derivatives
25. Managing Exchange-Rate Risk

Features
· Comprehensive coverage of all key and emerging topics in corporate finance, such as risk management using derivatives and shareholder value analysis.
· FT articles and exhibits are integrated throughout the text to both equip readers with the skills to read the financial press and to develop an appreciation of how theory is used by practitioners on a daily basis.
· Up-to-date mini case studies - featuring top companies, firmly places the discussion in the modern world of business.
· Extensive end of chapter assessment material allows students to consolidate their understanding.


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