01678nam a22001817a 4500008004100000020001500041050001600056100002100072245010400093250001200197260003400209300002900243500002000272505112800292650002301420700002901443700002401472120612t        xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0073659452  aHG4026.R675  aRoss, Stephen A.  aEssentials of corporate finance. /cStephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield and Bradford D. Jordan  a2nd ed.  aU.S.A.:bMcGraw Hill,cc1999.  axxxiv, 540p.billc26cm.  aIncludes index.  aContents: Overview of financial management -- Introduction to financial management -- Understanding financial statements and cash flow -- Financial statements, taxes, and cash flow -- Working with financial statements -- Valuation of future cash flows -- Introduction to valuation: the time value of money -- Discounted cash flow valuation -- Valuing stocks and bonds -- Interest rates and bond valuation -- Equity markets and stock valuation -- Capital budgeting -- Net present value and other investment criteria -- Making capital investment decisions -- Risk and return -- Some lessons from capital market history -- Risk and return -- Long-term financing -- Cost of capital -- Leverage and capital structure -- Dividends and dividend policy -- Raising capital -- Short-term financial mangement -- Short-term financial planning -- Working capital management -- Topics in business finance -- International aspects of financial management -- Appendix A: Mathematical tables -- Appendix B: Key equations -- Appendix C: Answers to selected end-of-chapter -- Appendix D: Using the HP-10B and BA II plus financial calculators.  bCorporate finance.  aWesterfield, Randolph W.  aJordan, Bradford D.