Financial Management : theory and practice / by Prasanna Chandra

Includes index and glossary.

PART I : INTRODUCATION - Financial management : an overview -- The financial system -- PART II : FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND PLANNING - Financial statements, taxes and cash flow -- Analysis of financial statement --Financial planning and forecasting -- PART III : FUNDAMENTALS VALUATIONS CONCEPTS - The time value of money -- Valuation of bonds and stocks -- Risk and returns -- Risk and returns : portfolio theory and asset pricing models -- Options and their valuation -- PART IV : CAPITAL BUDGETING -Techniques of capital budgeting -- Estimation of project cash flows -- Risk analysis in capital budgeting -- The cost of capital -- Capital budgeting : extensions -- PART V : LONG TERM FINANCING - Market efficiency and financing decisions -- Sources of long term finance -- Raising long term finance -- PART VI : CAPITAL STRUCTURE DECISION DIVIDEND DECISION - Capital structure and firm value -- Capital structure decision -- Dividend policy and firm value -- Dividend decision -- PART VII : WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Working capital policy -- Cash and liquidity management -- Credit management -- Inventory management -- Working capital financing --Working capital management : extensions -- PART VIII : DEBT AND HYBRID FINANCING - Debt analysis and management -- Leasing, hire purchase and project finance -- Hybrid financing -- PART IX : CORPORATE VALUATION, RESTRUCTURING AND VALUE CREATION - Corporate valuation -- Value based management -- Mergers, Acquisitions and restructuring -- Corporate Governance and executive compensation -- Performance measurement and balanced scorecard -- PART X : SPECIAL TOPICS - International financial management -- Financial management in sick units -- Financial management in companies with special characteristics -- Corporate risk management -- Global financial crisis -- The state of our knowledge