Autorentext

David Hillier is Professor of Finance at the University of Strathclyde, teaches regularly in development programs for executives and has taught courses for a wide variety of professional clients, including the World Bank and the National Health Service in the UK. It is part of the editorial board of several international journals of finance.

Klappentext

The third edition of Corporate Finance retains its clear and user friendly writing style to cover all of the latest research and topic areas most pertinent to Corporate Finance courses .This new edition sees updated discussion on current trends such as ethics and risk, as well new Real World Insight boxes which provide real life examples of corporate finance in practice. Understanding and Application

• Example boxes in every chapter to provide hypothetical examples to illustrate theoretical concepts.
• New to this edition are Real World Insight boxes which use real companies to show how they have applied corporate finance theories and concepts to their businesses and business decisions.
• Chapter links in the margin provide quick cross-referencing to show students the connections between topics.

• Targeted additional reading provides next steps for students to cement their understanding with relevant current research.Practice and Proficiency

• Between 30 and 40 Questions and Problems per chapter are categorised by topic and level of difficulty.
• Exam Questions designed to take 45 minutes and test you on material learned in a more formal exam style.

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  Zusammenfassung
  Covers all the research and topic areas most pertinent to Corporate Finance courses. This edition sees updated discussion on the trends such as ethics and risk, as well new Real World Insight boxes which provide real life examples of corporate finance in practice.

  Inhalt

  Part I: Overview
  1 Introduction to Corporate Finance
  2 Corporate Governance
  Part II: Value and Capital Budgeting
  3 Financial Statement Analysis and Long-Term Planning
  4 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
  5 How to Value Bonds and Stocks
  6 Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules
  7 Making Capital Investment Decisions
  8 Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting
  Part III: Risk
  9 Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History
  10 Return and Risk: The Capital-Asset-Pricing Model
  11 Factor Models and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory
  12 Risk, Cost of Capital, and Capital Budgeting
  Part IV: Capital Structure and Dividend Policy
  13 Efficient Capital Markets & Behavioral Finance
  14 Long Term Financing: An Introduction
  15 Capital Structure: Basic Concepts
  16 Capital Structure: limits to the use of debt
  17 Valuation & Capital Budgeting for the Levered Firm
  18 Dividends and Other Payouts
  Part V: Long Term Financing
  19 Equity Financing
  20 Debt Financing
  21 Off-Balance Sheet Financing and Leasing
  Part VI: Options, Futures, and Corporate Finance
  22 Options and Corporate Finance
  23 Options & Corporate Finance: extensions & applications
  24 Warrants and Convertibles
  25 Financial Risk Management with Derivatives
  Part VII: Financial Planning and Short Term Finance
  26 Short term Finance and Planning
  27 Short-Term Capital Management
  Part VIII: Special Topics
  28 Mergers and Acquisitions
  29 Financial Distress
  30 International Corporate Finance