Financial Management. by Scott Smart, John Graham - Softcover

John R. Graham; Scott B. Smart; William L. Megginson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 111153215X ISBN 13: 9781111532154

Publisher: Thomson South-Western, 2012

Synopsis

Get closer to finance as it’s actually practiced today with the powerful all-in-one approach from award-winning authors John Graham and Scott Smart found in INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 3E, International Edition. Theoretically sound yet practically relevant, INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 3E, International Edition integrates examples throughout to emphasize the roles of financial managers and CFOs and show how financial management actually works in today’s real companies. New author John Graham is recognized as one of the most prolific and widely cited scholars in finance today and weaves insights throughout from Duke University’s highly regarded CFO Outlook Survey. The book works seamlessly with integrated online SmartFinance features to build the reader’s business knowledge and proficiency in business and finance.

About this title

About the Author:

John Graham is the D. Richard Mead Professor of Finance at Duke University where he also serves as the Director of the CFO Global Business Outlook survey. He is coeditor of the Journal of Finance. Professor Graham is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, Vice President of the Western Finance Association, and been recognised for outstanding teaching and faculty contributions at Duke and the University of Utah.

Review:

Part I: INTRODUCTION. 1. The Scope of Corporate Finance. 2. Financial Statement and Cash Flow Analysis. 3. The Time Value of Money. Part II: VALUATION, RISK, AND RETURN. 4. Valuing Bonds. 5. Valuing Stocks. 6. The Trade-off between Risk and Return. 7. Risk, Return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model. Part III: CAPITAL BUDGETING. 8. Capital Budgeting Process and Decision Criteria. 9. Cash Flow and Capital Budgeting. 10. Risk and Capital Budgeting. Part IV: CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND PAYOUT POLICY. 11. Raising Long-Term Financing. 12. Capital Structure. 13. Long-Term Debt and Leasing. 14. Payout Policy. Part V: FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT. 15. Financial Planning. 16. Cash Conversion, Inventory, and Receivables Management. 17. Cash, Payables, and Liquidity Management. Part VI: SPECIAL TOPICS. 18. International Financial Management. 19. Options. 20. Entrepreneurial Finance and Venture Capital. 21. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control. Web Chapters. 22. Bankruptcy and Financial Distress. 23. Risk Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thomson South-Western
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 111153215X
• ISBN 13: 9781111532154
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 874