Corporate Finance Principles & Practice - Softcover

Watson, Mr Denzil; Head, Antony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273630083 ISBN 13: 9780273630081

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

This is a stand-alone textbook concentrating on core topics in finance. It builds from no knowledge up to intermediate knowledge. The aim is to build an integrated understanding of the three decision areas in finance: investment, financing, and the dividend decision. These themes are introduced in an introductory chapter and explored in the following chapters with reference to the overall picture given in the Introduction. Finally, three integrated chapters cover acquisitions and restructuring, the management of interest rate and exchange rate risk, and international investment decisions. The book is particularly aimed at courses where lecturers are teaching under time constraints and need to concentrate on essentials only. The book is well illustrated and very strong pedagogically, with an excellent supplements package. Numerous FT case vignettes are used to bring a real-world perspective to the subject.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The third edition of this highly successful textbook provides an accessible and concise introduction to the core concepts and key topic areas of corporate finance. It incorporates a wide range of topical real-world examples, allowing students to relate theory to practice.

Corporate Finance: Principles & Practice

provides the ideal structure for any corporate finance course, particularly where there are time constraints due to modular delivery. It offers integrated coverage of the three key decision areas in finance – investment, financing and dividends, providing a clear and logical framework for study.

Key features

• Provides a student-friendly approach to the key topics in corporate finance
• Introduces appropriate tools and techniques for the financial manager
• Wide range of question material, both for practice and group discussion

New features

• Expanded treatment of areas of complexity, e.g. portfolio theory, financial analysis, time value of money
• Updated topical vignettes from a range of sources, including the Financial Times
• Coverage of recent developments, e.g. corporate governance and the Higgs report

'The text is well structured with the opening chapters giving an excellent introduction to the financial world and the context for the subsequent topics areas studied. Providing students with a framework for their study of corporate finance and some understanding of the financial environment at the outset of their course is deemed of the utmost importance and has proved to be an advantage over other texts.' Catherine Matthews, Brighton Business School, University of Brighton

 

The text is accompanied by a Companion Website featuring a range of useful material for both students and lecturers, including self-assessment exercises and questions, FT articles of interest and links to other relevant websites and institutions.

Corporate Finance: Principles & Practice

is suitable for specialist and non-specialist corporate and business finance courses at undergraduate, DMS and MBA/management at Masters level.

Denzil Watson BA (Economics), MA (Money, Banking and Finance), ILT and Antony Head BSc (Chemical Engineering), MBE, PGCFHE, ILT are both Senior Lecturers in the School of Business and Finance at Sheffield Hallam University. They have extensive experience of teaching corporate finance, managerial finance and strategic financial management in a wide range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273630083
• ISBN 13: 9780273630081
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480