TY - BOOK AU - Besley, Scott AU - Brigham, F. Eugene TI - Essentials of managerial finance. SN - 0030258723 AV - HG4026.W448 PY - 2000/// CY - U.S.A. PB - Thomson KW - Managerial finance N1 - Includes index; Contents: Introduction to managerial finance: an overview of managerial finance -- The Financial environment: markets, institutions, interest rates and taxes -- Forecasting, planning, and control: analysis of financial statements -- Financial planning and control -- Essential concepts in managerial finance: risk and rates of return -- The Time value of money -- Valuation concepts -- Capital budgeting: capital budgeting techniques -- Project cash flows and risk -- Cost of capital, leverage, and dividend policy: the cost of capital -- Capital structure -- Dividend policy -- Working capital management: working capital policy -- Managing short-term assets -- Managing short-term liabilities (financing) -- Strategic long-term financing decisions: common stock and the investment banking process -- Long-term debt -- Alternative financing arrangements and corporate restructuring -- Appendix A: Mathematical tables -- Appendix B: Solutions to self-test problems -- Appendix C: Answers to end-of-chapter problems -- Appendix D: Selected equations ER -