Research Catalog

Title

Principles of corporate finance / Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers, Franklin Allen.

Author

Brealey, Richard A.

Publication

Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, c2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Myers, Stewart C.
• Allen, Franklin, 1956-

Description

xxviii, 1028 p. : ill.; 26 cm. +

Summary

Accompanying CD-ROM contains: Finance Tutor Series; Interactive quizzes; ExCel Spreadsheets; Concept Review questions; Interactive FinSims; PowerPoint presentation; video clips; related Web links.

Series Statement

McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in finance, insurance, and real estate

Uniform Title

McGraw-Hill/Irwin series in finance, insurance, and real estate

Subject

Corporations > Finance

Genre/Form

• CD-ROMs.
• CD-ROM.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

System Details (note)

• System requirements: Pentium based processor, Microsoft Windows 2000 or XP, Internet Explorer 5.5, Microsoft Office or equivalent, Quicktime and Adobe Acrobat reader (included in disc), CD-ROM drive.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part 1: Value -- Finance and the financial manager -- Present values, the objectives of the firm, and corporate governance -- How to calculate present values -- The value of bonds and common stocks -- Why net present value leads to better investment decisions than other criteria -- Making investment decisions with the net present value rule -- Part 2: Risk -- Introduction to risk, return, and the opportunity cost of capital -- Risk and return -- Capital budgeting and risk -- Part 3: Practical problems in capital budgeting -- A project is not a black box -- Strategy and the capital investment decision -- Agency problems, management compensation, and the measurement of performance -- Part 4: Financing decisions and market efficiency -- Corporate financing and the six lessons of market efficiency -- An overview of corporate financing -- How corporations issue securities -- Part 5: Payout policy and capital structure -- Payout policy -- Does debt policy matter? -- How much should a firm borrow? -- Financing and valuation -- Part 6: Options -- Understanding options -- Valuing options -- Real options -- Part 7: Debt financing -- Valuing government bonds -- Credit risk -- The many different kinds of debt -- Leasing -- Part 8: Risk management -- Managing risk -- Managing international risks -- Part 9: Financial planning and the management of working capital -- Financial analysis and planning -- Working capital management -- Short-term financial planning -- Part 10: Mergers, corporate control, and governance -- Mergers -- Corporate restructuring -- Governance and corporate control around the world -- Part 11: Conclusion -- What we do and do not know about finance.

ISBN

• 0073130826 (pkg)
• 0072957239 (text : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2004063232

OCLC

• 56982441
• SCSB-9944357

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library