Study Guide to accompany Principles of Corp. Finance

by Brealey, Richard A.; Myers, Stewart C.

• ISBN13: 9780072468014
• ISBN10: 0072468017
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-14
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin

Summary

This guide gives students a complete learning resource. It includes solutions to all Practice Problems and Challenge Problems from the text, an introduction to each chapter, key concepts, examples, chapter summaries, and chapter exercises with solutions.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Finance and the Financial Manager	1	(8)
Present Value and the Opportunity Cost of Capital	9	(10)
How to Calculate Present Values	19	(16)
The Value of Common Stocks	35	(12)
Why Net Present Value Leads to Better Investment Decisions than Other Criteria	47	(14)
Making Investment Decisions with the Net Present Rule	61	(12)
Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Opportunity Cost of Capital	73	(12)
Risk and Return	85	(12)
Capital Budgeting and Risk	97	(14)
A Project Is Not a Black Box	111	(16)
Where Positive Net Present Values Come From	127	(12)
Making Sure Managers Maximize NPV	139	(12)
Corporate Financing and the Six Lessons of Market Efficiency	151	(12)
An Overview of Corporate Financing	163	(10)
How Corporations Issue Securities	173	(12)
The Dividend Controversy	185	(12)
Does Debt Policy Matter?	197	(12)
How Much Should a Firm Borrow?	209	(14)
Financing and Valuation	223	(14)
Understanding Options	237	(12)
How Do You Value an Option	249	(12)
Real Options	261	(12)
Warrants and Convertibles	273	(10)
Valuing Debt	283	(16)
The Many Different Kinds of Debt	299	(10)
Leasing	309	(10)
Managing Risk	319	(14)
Managing International Risk	333	(14)
Financial Analysis and Planning	347	(16)
Short-Term Financial Planning	363	(18)
Cash Management	381	(14)
Credit Management	395	(12)
Mergers	407	(14)
Control, Governance and Financial Architecture	421	(8)
Conclusion: What We Do and Do Not Know about Finance	429	(4)
List of Terms	433