Managerial finance in a Canadian setting

✍ Scribed by Peter A Lusztig; Bernhard Schwab

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, Elsevier Inc
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 1025
• Edition: 4th ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Managerial Finance in a Canadian Setting, Fourth Edition relates the theories to the practice of managerial finance. The contents of the book are organized into eight parts that tackle the various concerns in the practice of managerial finance.
The text first covers the institutional environment within which financial management takes place, which includes a brief introduction to areas of business law and taxation. Part II covers the determination of economic value, while Part III presents various long-term sources of funds available to a firm. The next part discusses the overall financing mix that a firm should employ in funding its operation. Part V covers short- and intermediate-term financing, and Part VI tackles financial analysis, planning, and control. The seventh part deals with working-capital management, while the eighth part talks about external expansion.
The book will be of great use to financing managers. Students and professionals of finance related fields such as accounting and banking will also benefit from this book.

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Preface, Pages vii-ix
Introduction, Pages xxiii-xxiv
Introduction to The Institutional Environment, Page 1
Chapter 1 - The Role of the Financial Manager and Financial Objectives of the Firm, Pages 3-37
Chapter 2 - The Legal Setting, Pages 39-56
Chapter 3 - The Tax Environment, Pages 57-87
Chapter 4 - Financial Markets, Pages 89-132
Introduction to The Valuation of Investments, Page 133
Chapter 5 - Compounding and Discounting, Pages 135-167
Chapter 6 - The Valuation of Debt and the Determination of Interest Rates, Pages 169-205
Chapter 7 - Risk, Expected Return, and the Valuation of Stocks, Pages 207-296
Chapter 8 - Capital Budgeting, Pages 297-368
Chapter 9 - Capital Budgeting: Further Considerations Regarding Risk, Pages 369-410
Introduction to Long-Term Sources of Funds, Page 411
Chapter 10 - Long-Term Debt, Pages 413-443
Chapter 11 - Preferred Shares, Pages 445-457
Chapter 12 - Common Shares, Pages 459-476
Chapter 13 - Options: Rights, Warrants, and Convertibles, Pages 477-526
Chapter 14 - The Cost of Capital, Pages 527-583
Introduction to Capital Structure and Dividend Policy, Page 585
Chapter 15 - Capital Structure, Pages 587-654
Chapter 16 - Dividend Policy, Pages 655-713
Introduction to Short- and Intermediate-Term Financing, Page 715
Chapter 17 - Short-Term Sources of Funds, Pages 717-740
Chapter 18 - Trade Credit, Pages 741-753
Chapter 19 - Intermediate-Term Sources of Funds, Pages 755-772
Chapter 20 - Lease Financing, Pages 773-811
Introduction to Financial Analysis, Planning, and Control, Page 813
Chapter 21 - Financial Statement Analysis, Pages 815-864
Chapter 22 - Funds-Flow Analysis and Financial Forecasting, Pages 865-885
Introduction to Working-Capital Management, Page 887
Chapter 23 - The Management of Cash and Marketable Securities, Pages 889-911
Chapter 24 - The Management of Accounts Receivable, Pages 913-935
Chapter 25 - Inventory Management, Pages 937-951
Chapter 26 - Concepts of Working-Capital Management, Pages 953-968
Introduction to External Expansion, Page 969
Chapter 27 - Mergers and Consolidations, Pages 971-1004
Appendix - Compounding and Discounting Tables, Pages 1005-1017
Glossary, Pages 1019-1034
Index, Pages 1035-1040