Corporate Finance for Business: The Essential Concepts

ISBN-13: 9783030924188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 291 str.

D. R. Myddelton

Spis treści

Part I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Cash and Working Capital.- Chapter 2. Basic Capital Project Appraisal.- Chapter 3. Advanced Capital Project Appraisal.- Chapter 4. Risk and Uncertainty.- Part II. An Overview of the Financing Decision.- Chapter 5. Borrowing.- Chapter 6. Ordinary Share Capital.- Chapter 7. Cost of Capital.- Chapter 8. Capital Structure.- Chapter 9. Valuing Companies.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Putting It All Together.

O autorze

Ronny Manos is Professor at the College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel. She teaches a wide range of courses including investment theory and applications, international finance, microfinance, corporate finance and financial management. Her PhD thesis was on the topic of corporate finance in emerging markets and her current research interest is in the area of gender and microfinance.

Keith Parker is a visiting fellow at Cranfield University, UK. Keith studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford before going on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant. Keith's expertise is in financial accounting, management accounting and corporate finance. He has written a book, Accounting and Financial Analysis and published articles on such subjects as brand valuation and discounted cash flow.

D. R. Myddelton has been Professor of Finance and Accounting at the Cranfield School of Management, UK since 1972 (now Emeritus since retiring in 2005). He has written many textbooks, including The Meaning of Company Accounts (with Walter Reid) and other books on inflation accounting and accounting standards. Between 2001 and 2015, he was Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs.  He is currently completing a book advocating a policy of laissez-faire (which he refers to as ‘the market process versus the political process’).

Blurb

Taking a concise approach to the key concepts of finance, this textbook clearly focuses on the most relevant issues around financial management, which will be of interest to business managers, students and anyone who wishes to understand the basics of finance. Covering cash and working capital, capital project appraisal, risk and uncertainty, financial markets, the cost of capital, mergers and acquisitions and valuation, financial concepts are applied to the business world using real life examples. This text is both international and contemporary in outlook, reflecting the financial environment in which all businesses operate.

Ronny Manos is Professor at the College of Management, Rishon LeZion, Israel. She teaches a wide range of courses including investment theory and applications, international finance, microfinance, corporate finance and financial management. Her PhD thesis was on the topic of corporate finance in emerging markets and her current research interest is in the area of gender and microfinance.

Keith Parker is a visiting fellow at Cranfield University, UK. Keith studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Magdalen College, Oxford before going on to qualify as a Chartered Accountant. Keith's expertise is in financial accounting, management accounting and corporate finance. He has written a book, Accounting and Financial Analysis and published articles on such subjects as brand valuation and discounted cash flow.

D. R. Myddelton has been Professor of Finance and Accounting at the Cranfield School of Management, UK since 1972 (now Emeritus since retiring in 2005). He has written many textbooks, including The Meaning of Company Accounts (with Walter Reid) and other books on inflation accounting and accounting standards. Between 2001 and 2015, he was Chairman of the Institute of Economic Affairs.  He is currently completing a book advocating a policy of laissez-faire (which he refers to as ‘the market process versus the political process’).