Corporate finance and investment : decisions and strategies / Richard Pike and Bill Neale.
By: Pike, Richard (Richard H.)
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Contributor(s): Neale, Bill
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Material type:
BookPublisher: London : Prentice Hall Europe, 1999Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xx,765p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: Media type: Carrier type: ISBN: 0130812706; 9780130812704.Subject(s): Corporations -- Europe -- Finance | Corporations -- Great Britain -- Finance| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 658.150941 PIK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 38888000451447 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A comprehensive text which balances the conceptual and technical aspects of Corporate Finance, without allowing theory to dominate practice. Extensive examples illustrate how the concepts of financing and investment decisions can be applied to practical management and business policy issues, making it particularly suited to undergraduates studying for Business Studies degrees or MBA students. *New material on derivatives, treasury management and restructuring. *Many of the cameos updated to illustrate current financial issues. *Introduction of case studies based on real-company practice in each part. *New improved two-colour text design. *Practical orientation with a wealth of real-world examples, case studies and cameos. *Recommended by CIMA and ACCA.
Previous ed. 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This text has a practical orientation with a wealth of realworld examples and case studies. Recommended by the CIMA and ACCA, it includes new material on derivatives, treasury management and restructuring.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Guided Tour
- Part 1 A Framework for Financial Decisions
- 1 An overview of financial decisions
- 2 The financial environment
- 3 Present values and financial arithmetic
- 4 Valuation of assets, shares and companies
- Part 2 Investment Decisions and Strategies
- 5 Investment appraisal methods
- 6 Project appraisal - applications
- 7 Investment strategy and process
- Part 3 Investment Risk and Return
- 8 Analysing investment risk
- 9 Relationships between investments: portfolio theory
- 10 Setting The Risk Premium: The Capital Asset Pricing Model
- 11 The required rate of return on investment and shareholder value analysis
- 12 Identifying and valuing options
- Part 4 Short-Term Financing and Policies
- 13 Treasury management and working capital policy
- 14 Short-term asset management
- 15 Short- and medium-term finance
- Part 5 Strategic Financial Decisions
- 16 Long-term finance
- 17 Returning value to shareholders: the dividend decision
- 18 Capital structure and the required return
- 19 Does capital structure really matter?
- 20 Acquisitions and restructuring
- Part 6 International Finance
- 21 Managing currency risk
- 22 Foreign investment decisions
- 23 Review and frontiers of finance
- Appendix A Solutions to self-assessment activities
- Appendix B Solutions to selected questions
- Appendix C Present value interest factor (PVIF)
- Appendix D Present value interest factor for an annuity (PVIFA)