本书以国际的视野阐述和分析了公司财务管理中所涉及的重大理论与实务问题。作为一本在西方商学教育中具有广泛影响的教材,历经多年修订后。全书内容结构、理论体系日臻完善,可以满足商学本科、MBA之所需。
全书由六部分组成。第一部分主要介绍了公司财务的一些基本知识,包括公司财务管理目标、金融市场、财务指标及业绩评价系统、财务规划与预测等基础内容,为读者的进一步学习提供一个基础平台。第二部分主要介绍了估值理论与方法,重点阐述了时间价值、风险与收益的关系、固定收益证券与股票等的估值应用等。第三部分则详细介绍了资本投资决策所涉及的理论与实务问题,并重点强调资本预算过程中的风险分析。第四部分主要涉及资本成本、资本结构与股利政策理论与实务,它是公司财务理论与实务关注的核心。第五部分主要关注营运资本管理,包括营运资本政策与短期融资以及营运资本主要项目的管理实务。第六部分主要针对现代财务管理中的公司重组问题进行了分析和讨论。
Preface I
Acknowlegements XXI
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1 The Role and Objective of Financial Management 2
Chapter 2 The Domestic and International Financial Marketplace 24
Chapter 3 Evaluation of Financial Performance 42
Chapter 4 Financial Planning and Forecasting 77
Part 2: Determinants of Valuation 97
Chapter 5 The Time Value of Money 98
Appendix 5A: Continuous Compounding and Discounting 128
Chapter 6 Analysis of Risk and Return 130
Chapter 7 Fixed-Income Securities: Characteristics and Valuation 168
Chapter 8 Common Stock: Characteristics, Valuation, and Issuance 191
Part 3:The Capital Investment Decision 209
Chapter 9 Capital Budgeting and Cash Flow Analysis 210
Chapter 10 Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria 232
Chapter 11 Capital Budgeting and Risk 256
Part 4:The Cost of Capital, Capital Structure, and Dividend Policy 277
Chapter 12 The Cost of Capital 278
Chapter 13 Capital Structure Concepts 308
Chapter 14 Dividend Policy 334
Part 5:Working Capital Management 361
Chapter 15 Working Capital Policy and Short-Term Financing 362
Chapter 16 The Management of Cash and Marketable Securities 397
Chapter 17 Management of Accounts Receivable and Inventories 410
Part 6:Additional Topic in Contemporary Financial Management 437
Chapter 18 Corporate Restructuring 438
Reference Materials
Tables T-1
Glossary G-1
Solutions to Self-Test Problems S-1
Check Answers to Selected Problems C-1
Key Notation Used in the Text K-1