Includes index.

Contents: Introduction to corporate finance -- Financial statements and cash flow -- Financial statements analysis and long-term planning -- Valuation and capital budgeting: Discounted cash flow valuation -- Interest rates and bond valuation -- Stock valuation -- Net present value and other investment rules -- Making capital investment decisions -- Risk analysis, real options and capital budgeting -- Risk and return: Risk and return lessons from market history -- Return and risk: the capital asset pricing model -- Risk, cost of capital and capital budgeting -- Capital structure and dividend policy: Corporate financing decisions and efficient capital markets -- Capital structure: basic concepts -- Limits to the use of debt -- Dividends and other payouts -- Special topics: Options and corporate finance -- Short-term finance and planning -- Mergers and acquisitions -- International corporate finance -- Appendixes.