Principles of Managerial Finance, Brief + FinanceWorks, 3/E

Lawrence J. Gitman, San Diego State University

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2003
Format: Cloth Package; 672 pp

ISBN-10: 0321266560
ISBN-13: 9780321266569

Our Price: £71.99
Status: Not Yet Published
Estimated Availability: 24 Nov 2004

Description

Gitman's Brief Third Edition approaches introductory finance with a focused concentration on the fundamental concepts, techniques, and practices of managerial finance. Integrating pedagogy with the concepts and practical applications necessary for a solid understanding of managerial finance, this edition equips instructors and students to concentrate on the concepts, techniques, and practices for keen financial decision making in an increasingly competitive business environment.

Table Of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO MANAGERIAL FINANCE.

1. The Role and Environment of Managerial Finance.

2. Financial Statements and Analysis.

3. Cash Flow and Financial Planning.

II. IMPORTANT FINANCIAL CONCEPTS.

4. Time Value of Money.

5. Risk and Return.

6. Interest Rates and Bond Valuation.

7. Stock Valuation.

III. LONG-TERM INVESTMENT DECISIONS.

8. Capital Budgeting and Cash Flows.

9. Capital Budgeting Techniques: Certainty and Risk.

IV. LONG-TERM FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

10. The Cost of Capital.

11. Leverage and Capital Structure.

12. Dividend Policy.

V. SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL DECISIONS.

13. Working Capital and Current Assets Management.

14. Current Liabilities Management.

APPENDIXES.

A: Financial Tables.

B: Solutions to Self-Test Problems.

C: Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems.

D: Instructions for Using the PMF Brief CD-ROM Software.

Sources.

Index.

Features

Purchase of text also includes Principles of Managerial Finance CD-ROM student software for Windows, which contains the following tutorials: Principles of Managerial Finance Tutor, Principles of Managerial Finance Problem-Solver, and Principles of Managerial Finance Excel Spreadsheet Templates.

A well-respected, comprehensive, and effective learning system.

Each chapter contains two “In Practice” boxes connecting financial concepts with real-world experience, now with ethical and technology focuses.

New spreadsheet strategies incorporated into each chapter.

New “Focus on Value” element reinforces the link between the financial manager's actions and share value.

Streamlined presentation, featuring 14 chapters rather than 17.

Early coverage of financial planning.

New “Across the Disciplines” element opens every chapter with a discussion of the intersection of the finance topics covered in the chapter with the concerns of the other major business disciplines.

New “Focus on Ethics” boxes help students appreciate important ethical issues in finance.

New “Focus on E-Finance” boxes describe how companies are using new technologies in their application of finance principles.

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