Collings / Taillard Corporate Finance For Dummies - UK, UK Edition

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-74347-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 376 Seiten, E-Book

The maths, the formulas, and the problems associated withcorporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated, but help isat hand.
Corporate Finance For Dummies, UK Edition covers all thebasics of corporate finance, including: accounting statements; cashflow; raising and managing capital; choosing investments; managingrisk; determining dividends; mergers and acquisitions; andvaluation. It also serves as an excellent resource to supplementcorporate finance coursework and as a primer forexams.
Inside you'll discover:
* The tools and expert advice you need to understand corporatefinance principles and strategies
* Introductions to the practices of determining an operatingbudget, calculating future cash flow, and scenario analysis - inplain English
* Information on the risks and rewards associated with corporatefinance and lending
* Easy-to-understand explanations and examples
* Help to pass your corporate finance exam!

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collings, Steven

Taillard, Michael

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with Corporate Finance 5
Chapter 1: Introducing Corporate Finance 7
Chapter 2: Navigating the World of Corporate Finance 15
Chapter 3: Raising Money for Business Purposes 35
Part II: Reading Financial Statements as a Second Language45
Chapter 4: Seeing What You're Worth with the Balance Sheet47
Chapter 5: Getting Paid with the Profi t and Loss Account 59
Chapter 6: Easy Come, Easy Go: Understanding the Cash FlowStatement 69
Chapter 7: Making Financial Statements Useful with RatioAnalysis 77
Chapter 8: Measuring Financial Wellbeing with Special-Use Ratios97
Part III: Placing Valuations on the Price Tags of Business115
Chapter 9: Determining Present and Future Values: Time Is Money117
Chapter 10: Looking to the Future with Capital Budgeting 125
Chapter 11: Bringing on Your Best Bond Bets 143
Chapter 12: Being Savvy When Shopping for Shares 159
Chapter 13: Measuring Valuations of the May-Be: Derivatives177
Part IV: Walking in a Risk Management Wonderland 189
Chapter 14: Managing the Risky Business of Corporate Finances191
Chapter 15: Through the Looking Glass of Modern Portfolio Theory203
Chapter 16: Entering the Science Lab: Financial Engineering223
Chapter 17: Assessing Capital Structure 239
Part V: Understanding Financial Management 249
Chapter 18: Assessing Financial Performance 251
Chapter 19: Forecasting Finances Is Easier than Predicting theWeather 273
Chapter 20: Spelling out the ABC of M&A 289
Part VI: The Part of Tens 309
Chapter 21: Ten Things You Need to Know about InternationalFinance 311
Chapter 22: Ten Things You Need to Understand about BehaviouralFinance 325
Index 337

Über Autor(innen)

Steve Collings is Audit and Technical Director for LeavittWalmsley Associates Ltd. Steve is a regular contributor toAccountingWEB.co.uk and is the author of IFRS For Dummiesand the UK edition of Financial Accounting For Dummies. In2011, Steve was named Accounting Technician of the Year at theBritish Accountancy Awards. Michael Taillard, PhD, MBA, owns andoperates OPII Schools, an award-winning national private school andtutoring company designed as a philanthropic experiment inmacroeconomic cash flows as a form of urban renewal.