Intermediate Financial Management - Hardcover

Brigham, Eugene F.; Daves, Phillip R.

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9780324594713: Intermediate Financial Management

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ISBN 10: 0324594712 ISBN 13: 9780324594713

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2009

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This text extends students' knowledge of basic financial management concepts and provides insight into the complexity of the decisions faced by practising financial managers. One of the text's predominant strengths is its clarity and user friendliness. The new Chapter 2, 'A Review of Financial Tools', has the basics and notation of time of money, bond and stock valuation and risk and return, and examples and problems. Includes detailed coverage of risk and return and the bond and new material on the managerial use of financial statements has been added.

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About the Author:

Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. Dr. Brigham received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Brigham has served as president of the Financial Management Association and has written more than the 40 journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure, and other aspects of financial management. The ten textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that he authored or co-authored are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States, and have been translated into 11 languages worldwide. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous electric, gas, and telephone rate cases at both federal and state levels. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, and the RAND Corporation. Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult, and complete research in addition to his text writing. He spends his spare time on the golf course, enjoying time with his family and dogs, and tackling outdoor adventure activities, such as biking through Alaska.

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Part I: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS. 1. An Overview of Financial Management. 2. Risk and Return: Part I. 3. Risk and Return: Part II. 4. Bond Valuation. 5. Basic Stock Valuation. 6. Financial Options. 7. Accounting for Financial Management. 8. Analysis of Financial Statements. Part II: Corporate Valuation. 9. Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial Statements. 10. Determining the Cost of Capital. 11. Corporate Value and Value-Based Management. Part III: PROJECT VALUATION. 12. Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria. 13. Capital Budgeting: Estimating Cash Flows and Analyzing Risk. 14. Real Options. Part IV: STRATEGIC FINANCING DECISIONS. 15. Capital Structure Decisions: Part I. 16. Capital Structure Decisions: Part II. 17. Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases. Part V: TACTICAL FINANCING DECISIONS. 18. Initial Public Offerings, Investment Banking, and Financial Restructuring. 19. Lease Financing. 20. Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Convertibles. Part VI: WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. 21. Working Capital Management. 22. Providing and Obtaining Credit. 23. Other Topics in Working Capital Management. Part VII: SPECIAL TOPICS. 24. Derivatives and Risk Management. 25. Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation. 26. Mergers, LBOs, Divestitures, and Holding Companies. 27. Multinational Financial Management. WEB CHAPTERS. 28. Time Value of Money. 29. Basic Financial Tools: A Review. 30. Pension Plan Management. 31. Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Businesses.

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