Business finance : theory and practice
Publication details: England, New York: Pearson, 2014. Edition: 10th edDescription: xviii, 523 p. ; 27 cm. : illustrationsISBN: 9781292016122 (print)Subject(s): Business enterprises | Business enterprises | Corporations | CorporationsDDC classification: 658.15 MCL| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This text is an essential introduction to financial decision-making in businesses. Taking a user-friendly approach, it explores the type of investments a business should make and how they should be financed, and successfully blends the theoretical, analytical and practical aspects of finance and investments. The new edition has a strong real world focus, exploring the theories surrounding financial decision making and relating these theories to what happens in the real business world. Key features: An extensive range of up-to-date real-world examples ; Examination of the divergences between theory and practice ; Expanded explanations of complex theories ; Comprehensive coverage of the latest international issues ; Clear design and pedagogical features for enhanced readability and quick reference. This text is suitable for undergraduates in accounting and finance and for those on finance and financial management courses. It is also appropriate for postgraduate students with an option in accounting and finance and will be highly useful for professional accounting students.
Part 1. The business finance environment
1. Introduction
2. A framework for financial decision making
3. Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation
Part 2. Investment decisions
4. Investment appraisal methods
5. Practical aspects of investment appraisal
6. Risk in investment appraisal
7. Portfolio theory and its relevance to real investment decisions
Part 3. Financing decisions
8. Sources of long-term finance
9. The secondary capital market (the stock exchange and its efficiency
10. Cost of capital estimations and the discount rate
11. Gearing, the cost of capital and shareholders' wealth
12. The dividend decision
Part 4. Integrated decisions
13. Management of working capital
14. Corporate restructuring (including takeovers and divestments)
15. International aspects of business finance
16. Small businesses
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Also issued online.
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