Corporate Finance

Theory and Practice
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7619-9253-0
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 520 Seiten, Format (B × H): 184 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 713 g

This comprehensive and lucid text provides a balanced presentation of modern financial theory, its practical implications and valuation techniques. The central theme of the book is value-based management which assumes that value creation should be the key factor in making financial, strategic and operating decisions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

S. R., Vishwanath

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensfinanzen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: BUILDING BLOCKS
Introduction
Time Value of Money
Valuation of Stocks and Bonds
Risk and Return
Estimation of Cost of Capital
Financial Statement Analysis
PART TWO: INVESTMENT DECISION
Capital Budgeting Techniques
Determining Cashflows
Working Capital Estimation
Special Topics in Capital Budgeting
Risk Analysis in Capital Investments
Capital Budgeting
Final Integration
PART THREE: MANAGING CURRENT ASSESTS
Cash Management
Receivables Management
Inventory Management
PART FOUR: FINANCING DECISION
Optimal Capital Structure
Financial Instruments, Markets and Institutions
Working Capital Financing
Capital Structure Decision
Application
Project Financing
The Lease or Buy Decision
PART FIVE: DIVIDEND DECISION
The Dividend Puzzle
PART SIX: FINANCIAL POLICY, COMPETITIVE STRATEGY AND SHAREHOLDER VALUE
Growth and Value
Mergers and Acquisitions
EVA and Divisional Performance Measurement

Über Autor(innen)

S. R., Vishwanath
Vishwanath S. R. is a Professor of Finance, MBA Programme Chair and Faculty Director of Executive Education in the School of Management and Entrepreneurship at Shiv Nadar University. He is the author of two volumes of 80 case studies published by McGraw Hill (India) and four books published by Springer Verlag, SAGE and PHI Learning (formerly Prentice Hall of India), and several cases published by the Asian Case Research Journal, The CASE Journal and Harvard Business Publishing.

He has held academic appointments at the S. P. Jain Institute of Management in Mumbai, Emirates Institute for Banking and Financial Studies in Sharjah, T. A. Pai Management Institute in Manipal, Bharathidasan Institute of Management in Trichy, Tata Management Training Centre in Pune and Institute of Management Technology in Nagpur. He has two decades of experience in teaching graduate students and executives from a variety of industries.

Vishwanath S. R. was the Regional Editor of Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, UK, during 2012–2014. He received the Ruth Greene Memorial Award, the Best Workshop Case Award and Jonathan Welch Case Award from North American Case Research Association (NACRA) in 2010, 2012 and 2014, respectively. He was nominated for the CMA of Alberta Governance Award at NACRA in 2013 and Excellence in Case Writing Award in 2014 by the Case Association of the United States. He received the Hindustan Unilever Dewang Mehta Best Professor in Finance award in 2013.

His research papers examine the role of certification and anchor investors in initial public offerings (IPOs), performance of family firms, valuation effects of changes in dividend taxes, IPO price stabilization through call auctions, the impact of stock market reforms on capital allocation to IPO firms and economic growth, risk-taking in family firms, the value of executive directors, the impact of ownership of IPOs on liquidity and stock returns and offshore dollar-denominated convertibles issued by Indian firms. He has presented his research at major global conferences such as American Economic Association/ASSA meetings, Journal of Corporate Finance Special Emerging Markets Conference, Asian Finance Association meetings, EFMA meetings, Financial Markets and Corporate Governance Conference and North American Case Research Association meetings.

He has been enlisted in the Marquis Who’s Who in the World and Madison’s Who’s Who among executives and professionals throughout the world.