Motivate your students to study finance by focusing on its five underlying principles. This Global Edition has been edited to include enhancements making it more relevant to students outside the United States Foundations of Finance enables students to see the big picture by helping them understand the logic that drives finance rather than having them memorize formulas.
PART II. The Scope and Environment of Financial Management 1. An Introduction to the Foundations of Financial Management 2. The Financial Markets and Interest Rates 3. Understanding Financial Statements and Cash Flows 4. Evaluating a Firms Financial Performance Part II. The Valuation of Financial Assets 5. The Time Value of Money 6. The Meaning and Measurement of Risk and Return 7. The Valuation and Characteristics of Bonds 8. The Valuation and Characteristics of Stock 9. The Cost of Capital Part III. Investment in Long-Term Assets 10. Capital-Budgeting Techniques and Practice 11. Cash Flows and Other Topics in Capital Budgeting Part IV. Capital Structure and Dividend Policy 12. Determining the Financing Mix 13. Dividend Policy and Internal Financing Part V. Working-Capital Management and International Business Finance 14. Short-Term Financial Planning 15. Working-Capital Management 16. International Business Finance Web 17. Cash, Receivables, and Inventory Management