| Title : | Business finance : theory and practice / | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | E. J. McLaney, Author | | Edition statement: | 9th Edition | | Publisher: | Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall | | Publication Date: | 2011 | | Size: | 27 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-273-75045-1 | | Class number: | 658.15 | | Abstract: | Now in its 7th edition, Business Finance is an essential introduction to financial decision making in businesses. Taking a user friendly approach, it explores the type of investments a business should make and how they should be financed, and successfully blends the theoretical, analytical and practical aspects of finance and investments. This new edition has a real-world flavour, exploring the theories surrounding financial decision making and relating these theories to what happens in the real business world. Business Finance is suitable for undergraduates in accounting and finance and for those on finance and financial management courses. It is also appropriate for postgraduate students with an option in accounting and finance and will be highly useful for professional accounting students. | | Contents note: | Part One The business finance enviroment 1.Introduction; 2.A framework for financial decision making; 3.Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation;
Part Two 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 Three 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 of capital and shareholders' wealth; 12.The dividend decision; Part Four Integrated decisions 13.Management of working capital; 14.Corporate restructuring (including takeovers and divestments); 15.International aspects of business finance; 16.Small businesses; Appendices Appendix 1. Present value table; Appendix 2.Annuity table; Appendix 3.Suggested answers to review questions; Appendix 4.Suggested answers to selected problem questions; Glossary; References;Index. |
Business finance : theory and practice / [printed text] / E. J. McLaney, Author . - 9th Edition . - Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2011 . - ; 27 cm. ISBN : 978-0-273-75045-1 | Class number: | 658.15 | | Abstract: | Now in its 7th edition, Business Finance is an essential introduction to financial decision making in businesses. Taking a user friendly approach, it explores the type of investments a business should make and how they should be financed, and successfully blends the theoretical, analytical and practical aspects of finance and investments. This new edition has a real-world flavour, exploring the theories surrounding financial decision making and relating these theories to what happens in the real business world. Business Finance is suitable for undergraduates in accounting and finance and for those on finance and financial management courses. It is also appropriate for postgraduate students with an option in accounting and finance and will be highly useful for professional accounting students. | | Contents note: | Part One The business finance enviroment 1.Introduction; 2.A framework for financial decision making; 3.Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation;
Part Two 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 Three 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 of capital and shareholders' wealth; 12.The dividend decision; Part Four Integrated decisions 13.Management of working capital; 14.Corporate restructuring (including takeovers and divestments); 15.International aspects of business finance; 16.Small businesses; Appendices Appendix 1. Present value table; Appendix 2.Annuity table; Appendix 3.Suggested answers to review questions; Appendix 4.Suggested answers to selected problem questions; Glossary; References;Index. |
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