Essentials of Corporate Finance + PowerWeb + Student Problem Manual

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

• ISBN13: 9780072539929
• ISBN10: 0072539925
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: MCG

Summary

This text has enjoyed incredible success in the last two editions. The introductory corporate finance market has embraced the “essentialized” product. The message for this edition of Essentials continues from the second edition - this is THE text for both finance and non-finance majors. The authors continue to maintain a corporate finance framework but have enhanced general business topics wherever appropriate.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Overview of Financial Management

1. Introduction to Financial Management

Part 2: Financial Statements and Long-Term Financial Planning

2. Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flows

3. Working with Financial Statements

Part 3: Valuation of Future Cash Flows

4. Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money

5. Discounted Cash Flow Valuation

Part 4:

6. Interest Rates and Bond Valuation

7. Stock Valuation

Part 5: Capital Budgeting

8. Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria

9. Making Capital Investment Decisions

Part 6: Risk and Return

10. Some Lessons from Capital Market History

11. Risk and Return

Part 7: Long-Term Financing

12. Cost of Capital

13. Leverage and Capital Structure

14. Dividends and Dividend Policy

15. Raising Capital

Part 8: Short-Term Financial Management

16. Short-Term Financial Planning

17. Working Capital Management

Part 9: Topics in Business Finance

18. International Aspects of Financial Management

Appendices

A. Mathematical Tables

B. Key Equations

C. Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems

Glossary

Name Index

Equation Index

Subject Index