Essentials of Corporate Finance

by Ross, Stephen A.; Westerfield, Randolph W.; Jordan, Bradford D.

• ISBN13: 9780071155120
• ISBN10: 0071155120
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Table of Contents

Part 1 Overview of Financial Management	1	(20)
Introduction to Financial Management	2	(19)
Part 2 Understanding Financial Statements and Cash Flow	21	(60)
Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow	22	(26)
Working with Financial Statements	48	(33)
Part 3 Valuation of Future Cash Flows	81	(60)
Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money	82	(24)
Discounted Cash Flow Valuation	106	(35)
Part 4 Valuing Stocks and Bonds	141	(60)
Interest Rates and Bond Valuation	142	(36)
Equity Markets and Stock Valuation	178	(23)
Part 5 Capital Budgeting	201	(52)
Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria	202	(30)
Making Capital Investment Decisions	232	(21)
Part 6 Risk and Return	253	(66)
Some Lessons from Capital Market History	254	(30)
Risk and Return	284	(35)
Part 7 Long-Term Financing	319	(98)
Cost of Capital	320	(22)
Leverage and Capital Structure	342	(28)
Dividends and Dividend Policy	370	(22)
Raising Capital	392	(25)
Part 8 Short-Term Financial Management	417	(62)
Short-Term Financial Planning	418	(28)
Working Capital Management	446	(33)
Part 9 Topics in Business Finance	479	(41)
International Aspects of Financial Management	480	(40)
Appendices
A Mathematical Tables	502	(8)
B Key Equations	510	(4)
C Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems	514	(3)
D Using the HP-10B and BA II Plus Financial Calculators	517	(3)
Glossary	520	(6)
Name Index	526	(1)
Equation Index	527	(2)
Subject Index	529