Lessons in corporate finance a case studies approach to financial tools, financial policies, and valuation

An intuitive introduction to fundamental corporate finance concepts and methods Lessons in Corporate Finance, Second Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to the subject, using a unique interactive question and answer-based approach. Asking a series of increasingly difficult questions, this te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Weiss, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Alan), author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley c2019.
Hoboken, New Jersey : [2019]
Edición:Second edition
Colección:Wiley finance series.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009724215906719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Two Markets: Product and Capital; The Basics: Tools and Techniques; A Diagram of Corporate Finance; A Brief History of Modern Finance; Reading This Book; Part One Financial Health of a Firm and Cash Flow Management; Chapter 2 Determining a Firm's Financial Health (PIPES-A); The Conversation with the Banker Is Like a Job Interview; Starting with the Product Market Strategy; Is PIPES Profitable?; Doing the Math; Sources and Uses of Funds; Ratio Analysis; The Cash Cycle; Summary
  • Chapter 3 Pro Forma Forecasts (PIPES-B)First, Let's Take a Closer Look at Ratio Analysis; Pro Forma Forecasts; Circular Relationships; Back to (Forecasting) the Future; Projecting Out to 2018 and 2019; Evaluating the Loan; Summary; Appendix 3A: Accounting Is Not Economic Reality; Chapter 4 The Impact of Seasonality on a Firm's Funding (PIPES-C); Monthly Pro Forma Income Statements; Monthly Pro Forma Balance Sheets; A Different Picture of the Firm; Summary; Appendix 4A: PIPES Monthly Pro Forma Income Statements and Balance Sheets, 2018
  • Appendix 4B: PIPES Monthly Pro Forma Income Statements and Balance Sheets, 2019Part Two Firm Financing and Financial Policies; Chapter 5 Why Financing Matters (Massey Ferguson); Product Market Position and Strategy; Political Risk and Economies of Scale in Production; Massey Ferguson, 1971-1976; Sustainable Growth; The Period after 1976; Conrad Runs Away; The Competitors; Back to Massey; Massey's Restructuring; Postscript: What Happened to Massey; Summary; Appendix 5A: Massey Ferguson Financial Statements; Chapter 6 An Introduction to Capital Structure Theory; Optimal Capital Structure
  • M & M and Corporate FinanceTaxes; Costs of Financial Distress; The Textbook View of Capital Structure; The Cost of Capital; Summary; Chapter 7 Capital Structure Decisions (Marriott Corporation and Gary Wilson); Capital Structure; The Cost of Capital; How Firms Set Capital Structure in Practice; Corporate Financial Policies; Sustainable Growth and Excess Cash Flow; What to Do with Excess Cash?; Summary; Appendix 7A: Marriott Corporation Income Statements and Balance Sheets; Appendix 7B: Marriott Corporation Selected Ratios; Chapter 8 Investment Decisions (Marriott Corporation and Gary Wilson)
  • What Is the Correct Price?How Should Marriott Buy Its Shares?; The Loan Covenants; The Impact of the Product Market on Financial Policies; The Capital Market Impact and the Future; Summary; Chapter 9 Financial Policy Decisions (AT & T: Before and After the 1984 Divestiture); Background on AT M & M and the Practice of Corporate Finance; Old (pre-1984) AT New (post-1984) AT Summary; Appendix 9A: Development of AT & T Pro Formas, 1984-1988 (Expected-Case); Chapter 10 The Impact of Operating Strategy on Corporate Finance Policy (MCI); A Brief Summary; A Brief History of MCI