Financial management and policy

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Financial management and policy

James C. Van Horne

Prentice Hall, c1998

11th ed., international ed

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Description

Highly respected for its effective integration of financial theory and practice, this classic text explores the rapidly evolving and exciting theory of finance as it relates to a corporation's investment in assets, financing, and dividends, explains the ways in which analytical techniques are brought to bear on financial decision making, and supplies the institutional material necessary for a solid understanding of the environment in which financial decisions are made.

Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS OF FINANCE. Vignette: Coca-Cola, the Most Admired Corporation. 1. Goals and Functions of Finance. 2. Concepts in Valuation. 3. Market Risk and Returns. 4. Multivariable and Factor Valuation. 5. Option Valuation. II. INVESTMENT IN ASSETS AND REQUIRED RETURNS. Case: Fazio Pump Corporation. 6. Principles of Capital Investment. 7. Risk and Real Options in Capital Budgeting. 8. Creating Value through Required Returns. III. FINANCING AND DIVIDEND POLICIES. Vignette: Boeing Company. 9. Theory of Capital Structure. 10. Making Capital Structure Decisions. 11. Dividend Policy: Theory and Practice. IV. LIQUIDITY AND WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. Case: Flores Distributors, Inc. 12. Liquidity, Cash, and Marketable Securities. 13. Management of Accounts Receivable and Inventories. 14. Short-Term Financing. 15. Secured Loans and Term Financing. V. CAPITAL MARKET FINANCING AND RISK MANAGEMENT. Case: Dougall & Gilligan Global Agency. 16. Foundations for Longer-Term Financing. 17. Lease Financing. 18. Issuing Securities. 19. Fixed-Income Financing and Pension Liability. 20. Option Financing: Warrants, Convertibles, and Exchangeables. 21. Managing Financial Risk. VI. EXPANSION AND RESTRUCTURING. Case: Marriott Restructuring. 22. Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control. 23. Corporate and Distress Restructuring. 24. International Financial Management. VII. TOOLS OF FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND CONTROL. Vignette: New York Times Company's New CFO. 25. Financial Ratio Analysis. 26. Financial Planning. Appendix: Present-Value Tables and Normal Probability Distribution Table.

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  • NCID
    BA3490586X
  • ISBN
    • 0138898588
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xix, 780 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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