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Corporate Finance Denzil Watson

Corporate Finance By Denzil Watson

Corporate Finance by Denzil Watson

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In this new and fully updated Seventh Edition of Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice, the key principles and mathematical techniques are clearly explained step-by-step and put into practice through numerous vignettes which take a closer look at real-world and well-known companies.

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Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice by Denzil Watson

Strikes the right balance between the theoretical concepts and their applications Ortenca Kume, University of Kent Written in a refreshing, crisp and precise manner Jan Schnitzler, VU University Amsterdam In this new and fully updated Seventh Edition of Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice, the key principles and mathematical techniques are clearly explained step-by-step and put into practice through numerous vignettes which take a closer look at real-world and well-known companies. What's new? Chapter vignettes refreshed to reflect the current economic and financial climate, along with accompanying questions aiming to deepen student's knowledge of key contemporary issues All data and tables updated to reflect current trends in key economic variables and developments in corporate finance Chapter 1 revised to reflect recent developments in corporate governance Chapter 11 updated to take account of the changes in UK anti-trust regulation Denzil Watson and Antony Head are Principal Lecturers in Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University. They have extensive experience of teaching corporate finance, managerial finance and strategic financial management in a wide range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements 1 The finance function Learning objectives Introduction 1.1 Two key concepts in corporate finance 1.2 The role of the financial manager 1.3 Corporate objectives 1.4 How is shareholder wealth maximised? 1.5 Agency theory 1.6 Corporate governance 1.7 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 2 Capital markets, market efficiency and ratio analysis Learning objectives Introduction 2.1 Sources of business finance 2.2 Capital markets 2.3 Capital market efficiency 2.4 Assessing financial performance 2.5 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 3 Short-term finance and the management of working capital Learning objectives Introduction 3.1 The objectives of working capital management 3.2 Working capital policies 3.3 Working capital and the cash conversion cycle 3.4 Overtrading 3.5 Managing inventory 3.6 Managing cash 3.7 Managing receivables 3.8 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 4 Long-term finance: equity finance Learning objectives Introduction 4.1 Equity finance 4.2 The stock exchange 4.3 Rights issues 4.4 Scrip issues, share splits, scrip dividends and share repurchases 4.5 Preference shares 4.6 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 5 Long-term finance: debt finance, hybrid finance and leasing Learning objectives Introduction 5.1 Bonds, loan notes, loan stock and debentures 5.2 Bank and institutional debt 5.3 International debt finance 5.4 Convertible bonds 5.5 Warrants 5.6 The valuation of fixed-interest bonds 5.7 The valuation of convertible bonds 5.8 Leasing 5.9 Evaluating the financial effect of financing choices 5.10 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 6 An overview of investment appraisal methods Learning objectives Introduction 6.1 The payback method 6.2 The return on capital employed method 6.3 The net present value method 6.4 The internal rate of return method 6.5 A comparison of the npv and irr methods 6.6 The profitability index and capital rationing 6.7 The discounted payback method 6.8 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 7 Investment appraisal: applications and risk Learning objectives Introduction 7.1 Relevant project cash flows 7.2 Taxation and capital investment decisions 7.3 Inflation and capital investment decisions 7.4 Investment appraisal and risk 7.5 Appraisal of foreign direct investment 7.6 Empirical investigations of investment appraisal 7.7 Conclusion Key points Self-test questions Questions for review Questions for discussion References Recommended reading 8 Portfolio theory and the capital asset pricing model Learning objectives Introduction 8.1 The measurement of risk 8.2 The concept of diversification 8.3 Investor attitudes to risk 8.4 Markowitz's portfolio theory 8.5 Introduction to the capital asset prici

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GOR009265485
9781292103037
1292103035
Corporate Finance: Principles and Practice by Denzil Watson
Denzil Watson
Used - Good
Paperback
Pearson Education Limited
2016-06-15
520
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