Financial Management: Theory and Practice (Paperback)

Summary Of The Book
Financial Management: Theory And Practice (With CD) is a book that covers several aspects of the subject of financial management. Although this book is primarily written for the student community, any individual desiring to gain a sound understanding of this subject may benefit greatly from this book.

This book is divided into seven parts, each of which covers important aspects of financial management. Some of the chapters covered in this book include Multinational Financial Management, Financial Planning And Forecasting Financial Statements, Cash Flow Estimation And Risk Analysis, An Overview Of Financial Management And The Financial Environment, Portfolio Theory And Other Asset Pricing Models, and Distributions To Shareholders: Dividends And Repurchases. This edition also comes with four additional web chapters, which are given at the end of the book along with appendixes.

In this 12th edition of Financial Management: Theory And Practice (With CD), the chapters are organized differently, along with self-assessment questions, which are added at the end of each section. The answers to these questions are also provided in the chapter’s Excel Tool Kit. All the chapters present in the book, except the first, contain Spreadsheet models, which help in solving problems and gaining a sound understanding of the concepts covered. All in all, students studying this subject will greatly benefit from reading this book, as it an all-round guide for financial management.

About The Authors
The author of this book, Eugene F. Brigham, is also the founding director of the Public Utility Research Center.
Apart from this book, Brigham has also written Fundamentals Of Financial Management and Corporate Finance: A Focused Approach.
Brigham holds a bachelor’s of sciences degree from the University of North Carolina, along with an MBA, and doctoral degree from UC Berkeley. Through the course of his career, Brigham has worked as a consultant for several companies and governmental organizations. Presently, he revises textbooks, and teaches finance.
The author of this book, Michael C. Ehrhardt, is also a renowned professor of Finance.
Apart from this book, Ehrhardt has also published Corporate Finance: A Focused Approach and The Search For Value: Measuring The Company’s Cost Of Capital.
Ehrhardt holds a master’s degree in operations research, and doctoral degree in Finance from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Through the course of his career, he has taught students pursuing undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral degrees, studying corporate finance, capital markets, and investments. He currently works in the Department of Finance at the University Of Tennessee.

Table of Contents Part One: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.
1. An Overview of Financial Management and the Financial Environment.
2. Time Value of Money.
3. Financial Statements, Cash Flow, and Taxes.
4. Analysis of Financial Statements.
Part Two: SECURITIES AND THEIR VALUATION.
5. Bonds, Bond Valuation, and Interest Rates.
6. Risk, Return, and the Capital Asset Pricing Model.
7. Portfolio Theory and Other Asset Pricing Models.
8. Stocks, Stock Valuation, and Stock Market Equilibrium.
9. Financial Options and Applications in Corporate Finance.

Part Three: PROJECTS AND THEIR VALUATION.
10. The Cost of Capital.
11. The Basics of Capital Budgeting: Evaluating Cash Flows.
12. Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis.
13. Real Options.
Part Four: CORPORATE VALUATION AND GOVERNANCE.
14. Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial Statements.
15. Corporate Valuation, Value-Based Management, and Corporate Governance.

Part Five: STRATEGIC FINANCING DECISIONS.
16. Capital Structure Decisions: The Basics.
17. Capital Structure Decisions: Extensions.
18. Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases.

Part Six: TACTICAL FINANCIAL DECISION.
19. Initial Public Offerings, Investment Banking, and Financial Restructuring.
20. Lease Financing.
21. Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Convertibles.

Part Seven: SPECIAL TOPICS.
22. Working Capital Management.
23. Derivatives and Risk Management.
24. Bankruptcy, Reorganisation, and Liquidation.
25. Mergers, LBOs, Divestitures, and Holding Companies.
26. Multinational Financial Management.

APPENDIXES
Appendix A: Solutions to Self Test Problems
Appendix B: Answers to End-of-Chapter Problems
Appendix C: Selected Equations and Data
Appendix D: Values of the Areas Under the Standard Normal Distribution Function

WEB CHAPTERS.
27. Providing and Obtaining Credit.
28. Advanced Issues in Cash Management and Inventory Control.
29. Pension Plan Management.
30. Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Businesses.