Understanding Financial Management : A Practical Guide
H. Kent. Baker
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Wiley, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (504 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Figures; Tables; About the Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I The Foundation; Chapter 1 Introduction to Financial Management; 1.1 Financial Management and the Financial Manager; 1.2 Corporate Form of Business Organization; 1.3 The Goal of Financial Management; 1.4 Accounting Profit versus Economic Profit; 1.5 The Agency Relationship; 1.6 Organization of the Book; Chapter 2 Interpreting Financial Statements; 2.1 Basics of Annual Reports and Financial Statements; 2.2 Balance Sheet; 2.3 Income Statement; 2.4 Statement of Cash Flows; 2.5 Statement of Retained Earnings. - 2.6 Common-size Statements2.7 Notes to Financial Statements; 2.8 Quality of Earnings; 2.9 Other Issues; Chapter 3 Interpreting Financial Ratios; 3.1 Financial Ratio Analysis; 3.2 Liquidity Ratios; 3.3 Debt Management Ratios; 3.4 Asset Management Ratios; 3.5 Profitability Ratios; 3.6 Market Value Ratios; 3.7 Uses of Financial Ratios; 3.8 Limitations of Financial Ratio Analysis; Chapter 4 The Time Value of Money; 4.1 Central Concepts in Finance; 4.2 Future Value of a Present Amount; 4.3 Present Value of a Future Amount; 4.4 Future Value of an Annuity; 4.5 Present Value of an Annuity. - 4.6 Present Value of a Perpetuity4.7 Compounding Frequencies; 4.8 Nominal and Effective Interest Rates; 4.9 Solving for an Unknown Interest Rate; 4.10 Other Time Value Applications; Chapter 5 Valuation; 5.1 Valuation Fundamentals; 5.2 Bond Characteristics and Features; 5.3 Bond Valuation; 5.4 Bond Pricing Relationships; 5.5 Interest Rate Risk; 5.6 Bond Yields; 5.7 Bond Trading and Price Reporting; 5.8 Preferred Stock Features and Valuation; 5.9 Common Stock Characteristics and Features; 5.10 Common Stock Valuation; PART II Working Capital Management Decisions. - 7.8 Capital Budgeting for the Multinational CorporationChapter 8 Capital Budgeting; 8.1 Project Classifications and Analysis; 8.2 Net Present Value; 8.3 Profitability Index; 8.4 Internal Rate of Return; 8.5 Modified Internal Rate of Return; 8.6 Payback Period; 8.7 Discounted Payback Period; 8.8 Summary of Capital Budgeting Techniques; 8.9 Mutually Exclusive Project Decisions; 8.10 Capital Rationing Decisions; 8.11 Capital Budgeting Techniques in Theory and Practice; Chapter 9 Risk Analysis; 9.1 Types of Risk in Capital Budgeting; 9.2 Assessing Single-Project Risk; 9.3 Assessing Market Risk. - 9.4 Adjusting for Risk. - Chapter 6 Working Capital Management6.1 Introduction to Working Capital Management; 6.2 Approaches to Working Capital Management; 6.3 Operating and Cash Conversion Cycles; 6.4 Cash Management; 6.5 Accounts Receivable Management; 6.6 Inventory Management; PART III Long-term Investment Decisions; Chapter 7 Capital Investments and Cash Flow Analysis; 7.1 Capital Investment Decisions; 7.2 Project Classifications; 7.3 Capital Budgeting Process; 7.4 Guidelines for Estimating Project Cash Flows; 7.5 Cash Flow Components; 7.6 Tax Effects of Selling Depreciable Assets; 7.7 Applying Cash Flow Analysis. - Designed for those who want to gain an understanding of the fundamental concepts and techniques used in financial management. An underlying premise of the book is that the objective of the firm is to maximize value or wealth. Drawing on a wealth of experience in the academic and professional worlds, the authors discuss how firms can accomplish this objective by making appropriate investment and financing decisions. Bridging the gap between financial theory and practice, the authors present fundamental concepts in an intuitive and nontechnical way, and provide numerous practical financial tip
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| ISBN | 0631231005
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