Contents:The role of financial management -- Organizational form and taxes -- The role of financial markets for business firms -- Compound interest and present value -- Foundations for valuation -- Tools of financial analysis and planning -- financial analysis -- Funds analysis and financial planning -- Current asset and liability structure -- Cash and marketable securities -- Accounts receivable and inventories -- Spontaneous financing -- Investing in capital assets -- Capital budgeting -- Risk and capital budgeting -- Required returns on capital investments -- Capital structure and dividend policies -- Leveraging the firm -- Conceptual aspects of capital structure -- Dividend policy and retained earnings -- Longer term financing-instruments and markets -- Interface with suppliers of capital -- Term and lease financing -- Long term debt -- Preferred stock and common stock -- Convertible securities and warrants -- Special areas of financial management -- Corporate combinations -- International financial management -- The smaller company and financial management -- Failure,reorganization and liquidation.