Includes appendixes and index.

Content: Part 1: Introduction to financial management:: An overview of financial management -- Financial markets and institutions -- Part 2: Fundamental concepts in financial management: Financial statements, cash flow, and taxes -- Analysis of financial statements -- Time value of money -- Part 3: Financial assets: Interest rates -- Bonds and their valuation -- Risk and rates of return -- Stocks and their valuation -- Part 4: Investing in long-term assets: capital budgeting: The cost of capital -- The basics of capital budgeting -- Cash flow estimation and risk analysis -- Part 4: Capital structure and dividend policy: Capital structure and leverage -- Distributions to shareholders: dividends and share repurchases -- Part 6: Working capital management, forecasting, and multinational financial management: Working capital management -- Financial planning and forecasting -- Multinational financial management.