Includes index.

Contents: Introduction: The Goals and functions of financial management -- Financial analysis and planning: Review of accounting -- Financial analysis -- Financial forecasting -- Operating and financial leverage -- Working capital management: Working capital and the financing decision -- Current asset management -- Sources of short-term financing -- The Capital budgeting process: The Time value of money -- Valuation and rates of return -- Cost of capital -- The Capital budgeting decision -- Risk and capital budgeting -- Long-term financing: Capital markets -- Investment banking: public and private placement -- Long-term debt and lease financing -- Common and preferred stock financing -- Dividend policy and retained earnings --Convertibles, warrants, and derivatives -- Expanding the perspective of corporate finance: External growth through mergers -- International financial management.