ISBN13: 9780538745581 ｜1008pages｜paperback｜©2010｜
Author
William L. Megginson - University of Oklahoma
Scott B. Smart - University of Indiana, Bloomington
John Graham - University of Duke
Description
Discover what today's real CFOs are doing in the midst of recent financial turmoil and economic crises.Uncover what they should be doing. See for yourself how corporate finance theory helps practicing managers accomplish more within the pages of Megginson/Smart/Graham's, 3E, International Edition. Award-winning researcher and author John Graham, master teacher Scott Smart and international business expert Bill Megginson combine talents to examine real companies and timely topics that illustrate how modern finance truly works in today's business world. You gain a solid understanding of how U.S. and international corporations operate in today's global marketplace as this accessible text incorporates the latest findings, such as results from Duke University's respected CFO Global Business Outlook, a quarterly survey of financial executives that gauges business outlooks and topical economic issues. Engaging examples, mini-cases,and practical exercises reflect how changing events and recent financial crises relate to established finance principles.
Table of Contents
Part 1 INTRODUCTION
Ch 1 The Scope of Corporate Finance
Ch 2 Financial Statement and Cash Flow Analysis
Ch 3 The Time Value of Money
Part 2 VALUATION, RISK, AND RETURN
Ch 4 Valuation
Ch 5 The Tradeoff Between Risk and Return
Ch 6 Risk, Return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
Part 3 CAPITAL BUDGETING
Ch 7 Capital Budgeting Processes and Techniques
Ch 8 Cash Flow and Capital Budgeting
Ch 9 Cost of Capital and Project Risk
Part 4 CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND DIVIDEND POLICY
Ch 10 Market Efficiency and Behavioral Finance
Ch 11 An Overview of Long-Term Financing
Ch 12 Capital Structure: Theory and Taxes
Ch 13 Capital Structure: Balancing the Benefits and Costs of Debt
Ch 14 The Link Between Capital Structure and Capital Budgeting
Ch 15 Payout Policy
Part 5 LONG-TERM FINANCING
Ch 16 Investment Banking and the Public Sale of Equity Securities
Ch 17 Long-Term Debt and Leasing
Part 6 OPTIONS, DERIVATIVES, AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Ch 18 Options Basics
Ch 19 Black and Scholes and Beyond
Ch 20 International Financial Management
Part 7 SHORT-TERM FINANCING DECISIONS
Ch 21 Strategic and Operational Financial Planning
Ch 22 Cash Conversion, Inventory, and Receivables Management
Ch 23 Liquidity Management
Part 8 SPECIAL TOPICS
Ch 24 Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Governance
Ch 25 Bankruptcy and Financial Distress
Ch 26 Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital
Ch 27 Risk Management and Financial Engineering
