Business finance : theory and practice / [printed text] / E. J. McLaney, Author  . -  8th Edition . - Harlow : Prentice Hall Financial Times, 2009 . - xvii, 518 p. : ill. (b & w) ; 27 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-273-71768-3

Class number:	658.15
Abstract:	An essential introduction to financial decision making in business, Taking a users perspective it explores the type of investments a business should make and how they should be financed and successfully blends teh theoretical, analytical and practical aspects of finance and investment. Suitable for undergraduates in accounting and finance and for those of finance and financial management courses. It is also appropriate for postgraduate students with an option in accountig and finance and will be highly useful for professional accounting students.
Contents note:	Part 1 The business finance environment 1 Introduction; 2 A framework for financial decision making; 3 Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation Part 2 Investment decisions 4 Investment appraisal methods; 5 Practical aspects of investment appraisal; 6 Risk in investment appraisal; 7 Portfolio theory and its relevance to real investment decisions Part 3 Financing decisions 8 Sources of long-term finance; 9 The secondary capital market (the stock exchange) and its efficiency; 10 Cost of capital estimations and the discount rate; 11 Gearing, the cost ofcapital and shareholders wealth; 12 The dividend decision Part 4 Integrated decisions 13 Management of working capital; 14 Corporate restructuring (including takeovers and divestments); 15 International aspects of business finance; 16 Small business