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Corporate finance : concepts and policies / Fred R. Kaen.

By: Kaen, Fred R.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Blackwell, 1995Description: xxv, 1007 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1557866066 ; 1557865124 .Subject(s): Corporations -- FinanceDDC classification: 658.15
Contents:
Part I: The environment -- Financial management: Objectives and decisions -- Organizational forms of business and taxes -- Part II: Financial securities, markets and valuation models -- Net present value and the time value of money -- Financial securities and corporate governance -- Financial markets, exchange rates and interest rates -- The basic valuation model -- Risk and required rates of return -- Part III: Investment decisions and capital budgeting -- Capital investment decisions: The analytical framework -- Investment analysis: Cash flows and discount rates -- Investment decisions: Risk analysis, structure and corporate policy -- Part IV: Financing decisions -- The cost of capital and financial leverage -- Financial structure -- Financial structure: Financial distress, problems and other explanations -- Dividends and free cash flow -- Designing and selling securities -- Leasing -- Part V: Financial statement analysis and working capital management -- Financial ratios and financial statement analysis -- Financial forecasting and cash budgeting -- Working capital management -- Current liability management -- Cash and marketable security management -- Accounts receivable and inventory management -- Part VI: Special topics -- Mergers, acquisitions and corporate control -- International financial management -- Options, futures and financial management.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.15 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00068639
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This text is an essential introduction to corporate finance for undergraduate and MBA students on financial management and corporate finance courses.
Adopting an international perspective throughout, the text provides a solid, theoretical foundation and demonstrates the relevance of the theory with a large number of intuitive, illustrative examples. Features include: * A conceptual approach * Definitions of technical terms as they appear * End-of-chapter problems which reinforce the financial concepts presented in the chapter * Simple mathematical calculations to enhance the student's understanding of analytical techniques

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: The environment -- Financial management: Objectives and decisions -- Organizational forms of business and taxes -- Part II: Financial securities, markets and valuation models -- Net present value and the time value of money -- Financial securities and corporate governance -- Financial markets, exchange rates and interest rates -- The basic valuation model -- Risk and required rates of return -- Part III: Investment decisions and capital budgeting -- Capital investment decisions: The analytical framework -- Investment analysis: Cash flows and discount rates -- Investment decisions: Risk analysis, structure and corporate policy -- Part IV: Financing decisions -- The cost of capital and financial leverage -- Financial structure -- Financial structure: Financial distress, problems and other explanations -- Dividends and free cash flow -- Designing and selling securities -- Leasing -- Part V: Financial statement analysis and working capital management -- Financial ratios and financial statement analysis -- Financial forecasting and cash budgeting -- Working capital management -- Current liability management -- Cash and marketable security management -- Accounts receivable and inventory management -- Part VI: Special topics -- Mergers, acquisitions and corporate control -- International financial management -- Options, futures and financial management.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Fred R. Kaen is Professor of Finance at the University of New Hampshire where he has taught corporate finance, financial policy and international financial management for over 20 years in undergraduate, graduate and executive programmes.

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