Includes index.

??Contents: Introduction to financial management -- The Role of financial management -- The Business, tax, and financial environments -- Valuation -- The Value of money -- The Valuation of long-term securities -- Risk and return -- Tools of financial analysis and planning -- Financial statement analysis -- Funds analysis, cash-flow analysis, and financial planning -- Working capital management -- Overview of working capital management -- Cash and marketable securities management -- Accounts receivable and inventory management -- Short-term financing -- Investment in capital assets -- Capital budgeting and estimating cash flows -- Capital budgeting techniques -- Risk and managerial (real) options in capital budgeting -- The Cost of capital, capital structure, and dividend policy -- Intermediate and long-term financing -- The Capital market -- Long-term debt, preferred stock, and common stock -- Term loans and leases -- Special areas of financial mangement -- Convertibles, and warrants -- Mergers and other forms of corporate restructuring -- International financial management -- Appendix.