Part I. Financial Concepts and Techniques1. Financial Management and Value Creation: An Overview2. The Time Value of Money3. Risk and ReturnPart II. Evaluating Business Performance4. Interpreting Financial Statements 5. Analyzing Operational Efficiency and Liquidity6. Analyzing Profitability, Risk, and GrowthPart III. Making Investment Decisions7. Using the NPV Rule to Make Value-Creating Investment Decisions8. Alternatives to the Net Present Value Rule9. Identifying and Estimating a Project s Cash FlowsPart IV. Making Financing Decisions10. Valuing Bonds and Common Stocks 11. Raising Capital and Paying Out Cash 12. Estimating the Cost of Capital13. Designing a Capital StructurePart V. Making Business Decisions14. Valuing and Acquiring a Business15. Managing Corporate Risk16. Understanding Forward, Futures and Options and their Contribution to Corporate Finance17. Making International Business Decisions18. Managing for Value Creation
Gabriel Hawawini is a chaired professor of Finance at INSEAD, where he formerly served as Dean. He previously taught at New York University, the City University of New York, Columbia University and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of numerous books and research papers on financial markets and corporate finance. In addition to teaching value-based management seminars around the world, he also sits on the boards of several companies.
Claude Viallet was Emeritus Professor of Finance at INSEAD. Before joining INSEAD, he worked as a project manager at a major oil company and as Chief Financial Officer of a service company in Paris. In addition to his tenure at INSEAD, Professor Viallet was a Visiting Professor of Finance at the Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University. He organized, directed and taught management-development programs and provided consulting services to companies around the world.