TY - BOOK AU - Ross, Stephen A. AU - Westerfield, Randolph W. AU - Jordan, Bradford D. TI - Essentials of corporate finance. SN - 9780071283403 AV - HG4026.R67 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - McGraw-Hill KW - Corporations -- Finance N1 - Includes references and index; Contents: 1. Overview of financial management: Introduction to financial management -- 2. Understanding financial statements and cash flow: Financial statements, taxes and cash flow -- Working with financial statements -- 3. Valuation of future cash flows: Introduction to valuation: the time value of money -- Discounted cash flow valuation --4. Valuing stocks and bonds: Interests rates and bond valuation -- Equity markets and stock valuation -- 5. Capital budgeting: Net present value and other investment criteria -- Making capital investment decisions -- 6. Risk and return: Some lessons from capital market history -- Risk and return -- 7. Long term financing: Cost of capital -- Leverage and capital structure -- Dividends and dividend policy -- Raising capital -- 8. Short term financial management: Short-term financial planning -- Working capital management -- 9. Topics in business finance: International aspects of financial management ER -