Finance & Accounting for Non-Financial Managers

by Weaver, Samuel; Weston, J. Fred

• ISBN13: 9780071435369
• ISBN10: 0071435360
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-15
• Publisher: McGraw Hill

Summary

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Author Biography

Samuel C. Weaver, Ph.D., is associate professor of finance at Lehigh University, where he formerly served as the Theodore A. Lauer Adjunct Professor of Finance. He is a veteran of over 100 acquisition valuations and numerous other restructuring activities.

J. Fred Weston, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus Recalled of Managerial Economics and Finance at the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. Since 1968, he has been Director of the UCLA Research Program on Takeovers and Restructuring.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
PART ONE ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FUNDAMENTALS	1	(136)
Chapter 1 The Role and Functions of Accounting and Finance	3	(17)
Chapter 2 Financial Statements and Cash Flows	20	(36)
Chapter 3 The Time Value of Money	56	(24)
Chapter 4 Financial Markets and Market Efficiency	80	(20)
Chapter 5 Business Organization and Taxes	100	(19)
Chapter 6 Interest Rates In the International Economy	119	(18)
PART TWO FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONTROL	137	(72)
Chapter 7 Financial Performance Metrics	139	(43)
Chapter 8 Financial Working Capital Management	182	(27)
PART THREE INVESTMENT AND FINANCING STRATEGIES	209	(128)
Chapter 9 Capital Investment Decisions	211	(58)
Chapter 10 Cost of Capital, Hurdle Rates, and Financial Structure	269	(42)
Chapter 11 Long-Term Financing	311	(26)
Appendix Interest Tables	337	(6)
Index	343	(8)
About the Authors	351