Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Summary; Preface; Frequently used symbols; Chapter 1 What is Corporate Finance?; Section I Financial Analysis; Part One Fundamental Concepts in Financial Analysis; Chapter 2 Cash Flow; Chapter 3 Earnings; Chapter 4 Capital Employed and Invested Capital; Chapter 5 Walking Through from Earnings to Cash Flow; Chapter 6 Getting to Grips with Consolidated Accounts; Chapter 7 How to Cope with the Most Complex Points in Financial Accounts; Part Two Financial Analysis and Forecasting; Chapter 8 How to Perform a Financial Analysis; Chapter 9 Margin Analysis: Structure.

Chapter 10 Margin Analysis: RisksChapter 11 Working Capital and Capital Expenditures; Chapter 12 Financing; Chapter 13 Return on Capital Employed and Return on Equity; Chapter 14 Conclusion of Financial Analysis; Section II Investors and Markets; Part One Investment Decision Rules; Chapter 15 The Financial Markets; Chapter 16 The Time Value of Money and net Present Value; Chapter 17 The Internal Rate of Return; Part Two the Risk of Securities and the Required rate of Return; Chapter 18 Risk and Return; Chapter 19 The Required rate of Return; Part Three Financial Securities; Chapter 20 Bonds.

Chapter 21 Other Debt ProductsChapter 22 Shares; Chapter 23 Options; Chapter 24 Hybrid Securities; Chapter 25 Selling Securities; Section III Value; Chapter 26 Value and Corporate Finance; Chapter 27 Measuring Value Creation; Chapter 28 Investment Criteria; Chapter 29 The Cost of Capital; Chapter 30 Risk and Investment Analysis; Chapter 31 Valuation Techniques; Section IV Corporate Financial Policies; Part One Capital Structure Policies; Chapter 32 Capital Structure and the Theory of Perfect Capital Markets; Chapter 33 Capital Structure, Taxes and Organisation Theories.

Chapter 34 Debt, Equity and Options TheoryChapter 35 Working out Details: The Design of the Capital Structure; Part Two Equity Capital; Chapter 36 Returning Cash to Shareholders; Chapter 37 Distribution in Practice: Dividends and Share Buy-Backs; Chapter 38 Share Issues; Chapter 39 Implementing a Debt Policy; Section V Financial Management; Part One Corporate Governance and Financial Engineering; Chapter 40 Setting up a Company or Financing Start-UPS; Chapter 41 Choice of Corporate Structure; Chapter 42 Initial Public Offerings (IPOS); Chapter 43 Corporate Governance.

Chapter 44 Taking Control of a CompanyChapter 45 Mergers and Demergers; Chapter 46 Leveraged Buyouts (LBOS); Chapter 47 Bankruptcy and Restructuring; Part Two Managing Working Capital, Cash Flows And Financial Risks; Chapter 48 Managing Working Capital; Chapter 49 Managing Cash Flows; Chapter 50 Managing Financial Risks; Epilogue -- Finance and Strategy; Top 20 Largest Listed Companies; Contents; Index; EULA.

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