Includes index

Part One: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Firm and the Financial Manager
Chapter 2: The Financial Employer
Chapter 3: Accounting and Finance

Part Two: Value
Chapter 4: The Time Value of Money
Chapter 5: Valuing Bonds
Chapter 6: Valuing Stocks
Chapter 7: Net Present Value and other Investment Criteria
Chapter 8: Using Discounted Cash - Flow Analysis to make Investment Decisions
Chapter 9: Project Analysis

Part Three: Risk
Chapter 10: Introduction to Risk, Return and the Opportunity Cost of Capital
Chapter 11: Risk, Return and Capital Budgeting
Chapter 12: The Cost of Capital

Part Four: Financing
Chapter 13: An Overview of Corporate Financing
Chapter 14: How Corporations Issues Securities

Part Five: Debt and Dividend Policy
Chapter 15: Debt Policy
Chapter 16: Dividends Policy

Part Six: Financial Planning
Chapter 17: Financial Statement Analysis
Chapter 18: Financial Planning
Chapter 19: working Capital Management and Short - Term Planning

Part Seven: Short - Term Financial Decisions
Chapter 20: Cash and Inventory Management
Chapter 21: Credit Management and Bankruptcy

Part Eight: Special Topics
Chapter 22: Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Control
Chapter 23: International Financial Management
Chapter 24: Options
Chapter 25: Risk Management

Part Nine: Conclusion
Chapter 26: What we Do and Do no Know about Finance