Foundations of Financial Management

by Geoffrey A. Hirt; Stanley B. Block

• ISBN13: 9780256146158
• ISBN10: 0256146152
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-08-01
• Publisher: MCG IRWIN

Summary

Includes electronic study questions that contain glossary terms, chapter outlines, chapter summaries, and true-false and multiple-choice questions for each chapter. It enables students to take a test from one chapter or several chapters at a time. It also has a Time Value of Money problem generator that creates an infinite number of problems for review. Excel Templates are also included. The software is written by the authors.

Table of Contents

PART 1 Introduction
The Goals and Functions of Financial Management	5	(18)
PART 2 Financial Analysis and Planning
Review of Accounting	23	(26)
Financial Analysis	49	(34)
Financial Forecasting	83	(25)
Operating and Financial Leverage	108	(31)
PART 3 Working Capital Management
Working Capital and the Financing Decision	139	(29)
Current Asset Management	168	(33)
Sources of Short-Term Financing	201	(30)
PART 4 The Capital Budgeting Process
The Time Value of Money	231	(28)
Valuation and Rates of Return	259	(36)
Cost of Capital	295	(46)
The Capital Budgeting Decision	341	(34)
Risk and Capital Budgeting	375	(32)
PART 5 Long-Term Financing
Capital Markets	407	(21)
Investment Banking: Public and Private Placement	428	(26)
Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing	454	(39)
Common and Preferred Stock Financing	493	(27)
Dividend Policy and Retained Earnings	520	(25)
Convertibles and Warrants	545	(26)
PART 6 Expanding the Perspective of Corporate Finance
External Growth through Mergers	571	(19)
International Financial Management	590	(33)
Appendixes	623	(18)
Glossary	641	(20)
Index	661