Foundations of Financial Management -Text Only / Edition 11

by Stanley B. Block, Geoffrey A. Hirt

Overview

Foundations of Financial Management is a proven and successful text recognized for its excellent writing style and step-by-step explanations to make the content relevant and easy to understand. The text's approach focuses on the "nuts and bolts" of finance with clear and thorough treatment of concepts and applications. There is a strong real-world emphasis presented throughout. This text has definitely stood the test of time due to the authors' time, energy, and commitment to quality revisions. In addition to completing the textbook revisions, the authors also revised ALL end of chapter problems and complete the solutions themselves. Block and Hirt know what works and what doesn't work for students, and they have consistently maintained a high quality textbook that is responsive to the demands of the marketplace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780072842296
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date:	01/28/2004
Series:	The McGraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	687
Product dimensions:	80.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.25(d)

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Table of Contents

Part 1. Introduction

1.
The Goals and Functions of Financial Management

Part 2. Financial Analysis and Planning

2.
Review of Accounting

3.
Financial Analysis

4.
Financial Forecasting

5.
Operating and Financial Leverage

Part 3. Working Capital Management

6.
Working Capital and the Financing Decision

7.
Current Asset Management

8.
Sources of Short-Term Financing

Part 4. The Capital Budgeting Process

9.
The Time Value of Money

10.
Valuation and Rates of Return

11.
Cost of Capital

12.
The Capital Budgeting Decision

13.
Risk and Capital Budgeting

Part 5. Long-Term Financing

14.
Capital Markets

15.
Investment Banking: Public and Private Placement

16.
Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing

17.
Common and Preferred Stock Financing

18.
Dividend Policy and Retained Earnings

19.
Convertibles , warrants, and Derivatives

Part 6. Expanding the Perspective of Corporate Finance

20.
External Growth through Mergers

21. International Financial Management

AppendixesGlossaryIndex