1st Edition

Financial Management An Introduction

By Jim McMenamin Copyright 1999
828 Pages
by Routledge

828 Pages
by Routledge

828 Pages
by Routledge

Finance is a notoriously difficult core subject for business undergraduates, which many find difficult to understand. The area has been dominated by large and complex introductory texts - often from the US - which many lecturers find too detailed and unwieldy. This carefully developed and researched text will fill this gap by providing a succinct, modular, UK-focused introduction to the subject of... Read more
Part 1: The Scope and Environment of Financial Management 1. Introduction and Overview 2. Key Issues in Modern Financial Management 3. The Financial Environment 4. Capital Markets Part 2: The Core Concepts in Financial Management 5. The Time Value of Money 6. Risk and Return - Portfolio Theory 7. Risk and Return - The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) 8. The Central Concept of Value Case Study 1 Share Valuation Part 3: Financial Analysis and Performance Evaluation 9. Financial Analysis and Performance Evaluation Case Study 2 Part 4: Strategic Financial Decision-Making - The Investment Decision 10. Investment Appraisal Introduction 11. Investment Appraisal - Risk Analysis 12. The Cost of Capital Case Study 3 Part 5: Strategic Financial Decision Making - The Financial Decision 13. Capital Structure and Gearing 14. Dividend Policy Part 6: Financial Planning and Control 15. Financial Planning and Control Part 7 Short-Term Financial Management 16. Short-Term Financial Planning 17. Working Capital Management 1 18. Working Capital Management 2 19. Short and Medium Term Sources of Finance Case Study 4

Biography

Jim McMenamin