Foundations of Financial Management

15th Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-259-19407-8
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 207 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1616 g

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Block, Stanley

Hirt, Geoffrey

Danielsen, Bartley

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1. Introduction1.The Goals and Activities of Financial ManagementPart 2. Financial Analysis and Planning2.Review of Accounting3.Financial Analysis4.Financial Forecasting5.Operating and Financial LeveragePart 3. Working Capital Management6.Working Capital and the Financing Decision7.Current Asset Management8.Sources of Short-Term FinancingPart 4. The Capital Budgeting Process9.The Time Value of Money10.Valuation and Rates of Return11.Cost of Capital12.The Capital Budgeting Decision13.Risk and Capital BudgetingPart 5. Long-Term Financing14.Capital Markets15.Investment Banking: Public and Private Placement16.Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing17.Common and Preferred Stock Financing18.Dividend Policy and Retained Earnings19.Convertibles, Warrants and Derivatives Part 6. Expanding the Perspective of Corporate Finance20.External Growth through Mergers21.International Financial Management

Über Autor(innen)

Block, Stanley
Professor Block is professor emeritus of financial management and investments at Texas Christian University, where he received the Burlington Northern Outstanding Teaching Award and the M. J. Neeley School of Business Distinguished Teaching Award. His research interests include financial markets, mergers, and high-yield bonds. He has served as president of the Southwestern Finance Association and is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Certified Cash Manager. He enjoys sports and has run in the NYC Marathon. Professor Block holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin, an MBA from Cornell University, and a PhD from LSU. In 2001, his former students established the Dr. Stan Block $1.5 million Endowed Chair in Finance at Texas Christian University. He is the first chairholder of the named chair. In 2006, he was selected as the universitys outstanding professor.

Danielsen, Bartley
Dr. Danielsen is an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University where he teaches graduate and undergraduate corporate finance courses. His research interests focus on financial market efficiency, short sale constraints, market microstructure, and the interaction of derivatives markets with spot markets. His research appears in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, the Review of Financial Studies, Real Estate Economics, and numerous other academic finance and real estate journals. Dr. Danielsen received his PhD in financial economics from the University of Florida and a Masters of Accounting from the University of Georgia. As a Certified Public Accountant he has provided financial consulting services to numerous multinational companies. Dr. Danielsen is also a committed environmentalist, hiker, and organic gardener.

Hirt, Geoffrey
Geoffrey A. Hirt is currently Professor of Finance at DePaul University and Director of Equity Research at Mesirow Financial. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, his MBA from Miami University of Ohio and his BA from Ohio-Wesleyan University. Geoff has directed the Chartered Financial Analysts Study program for the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago since 1987. From 1987 to 1997 he was Chairman of the Finance Department at DePaul University and taught investments, corporate finance, and strategic planning. He developed and was director of DePaul's MBA program in Hong Kong and has taught in Poland, Germany, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Geoff has published several books. The sixth edition of Fundamentals of Investment Management was released in July 1998 and is published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. Additionally, Geoff is well known for his book Fundamentals of Financial Management published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. Now in its eighth edition, this book is used at over 600 colleges and universities worldwide, and it has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. Geoff plays tennis and golf, is a music lover, and enjoys travelling with his wife, Linda.