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Introduction to finance / Lawrence J. Gitman, Jeff Madura.

By: Gitman, Lawrence J.
Contributor(s): Madura, Jeff.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Addison-Wesley series in finance: Publisher: London ; Boston : Addison Wesley, c2001Edition: [1st ed.].Description: xxx, 755 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0201635372 (No price); 9780201635379.Other title: Finance.Subject(s): Finance | Finance | Corporate finance | Finance and AccountingDDC classification: 332 GIT
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Due to ongoing advancements in technology, new legislation, and other innovations, the filed of finance is rapidly changing. Developments in financial markets and investments necessitate that students be exposed to these topics as well as to financial management, the traditional focus of the introductory finance course. Introduction to Finance develops the three components of finance in an interactive framework that is consistent with the responsibilities of all financial professionals, managers, intermediaries, and investors in today's economy. To show the interrelationships between the areas of finance, the text emphasizes how investor activities monitor firms and focuses on the role of financial markets in channeling funds from investors to firms. *The integrative Gitman/Madura model focuses on the role of financial markets in channeling funds from investors to firms. This approach lends continuity to coverage of financial markets, financial management, and investments. *Corporate finance serves as the backbone of the text. This helps ease the transition for professors used to teaching financial management who are teaching the survey course for the first time. It also makes the

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 The Financial Environment: Firms, Investors and Markets
  • I The Financial Marketplace
  • 2 Financial Institutions and Markets
  • 3 Corporate Securities: Bonds and Stocks
  • 4 Interest Rate Fundamentals
  • II Financial Tools For Firms And Investors
  • 5 Time Value of Money
  • 6 Risk and Return
  • 7 Valuation
  • 8 Financial Statements and Analysis
  • III Financial Management
  • 9 The Firm and Its Financial Environment
  • 10 Capital Budgeting: Cash Flow Principles
  • 11 Capital Budgeting Techniques: Certainty and Risk
  • 12 Cost of Capital
  • 13 Capital Structure and Dividends
  • 14 Financial Planning
  • 15 Short-Term Financial Management
  • IV Investment Management
  • 16 Investment Information and Transactions
  • 17 How External Forces Affect Firm's Value
  • 18 Investing in Stocks
  • 19 Investing in Bonds
  • 20 Mutual Funds and Asset Allocation
  • 21 Derivative Securities
  • V How Investors Monitor And Control A Firm's Managers
  • 22 Corporate Control and Governance
  • Appendix A Financial Tables
  • Appendix B Answers and Solutions to Self-Test Exercises
  • Appendix C Fantasy Stock Market Game Web Exercise
  • Credits
  • Index

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Lawrence J. Gitman received his degrees from Purdue University, the University of Dayton, and the University of Cincinnati. He is currently a professor of finance at San Diego State University, and a prolific author with over forty published articles and several textbooks, including Principles of Managerial Finance, Twelfth Edition, and Principles of Managerial Finance, Brief, Fifth Edition.

In addition to teaching, Gitman is also a member of the Certified Financial Planner Board and an associate editor of several journals. He has served on a number of esteemed organizations, including the Academy of Finance Association and the Financial Management Association National Honor Society.

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