Financial Management

Financial Management is a comprehensive textbook for management students with a managerial decision-making orientation and application of concepts through case studies. The textbook deals with the concepts of core finance with emphasis on specialized sub-areas such as corporate finance, working capital, capital markets, investment decisions, international finance and derivatives and risk management in a student-friendly format and in a manner that imparts clarity and facilitates easy understanding. The authors have tried to present technical concepts of finance in as simple and succinct manner as possible yet keeping the inherent technicalities intact. The book is the right amalgamation of academic inputs as well as industry orientation. It is accompanied by a CD containing Excel-based exercises.PART I: INTRODUCTION ; 1. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: AN OVERVIEW ; 2. ; COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL ANALYSIS ; 3. CVP AND BREAKEVEN ANALYSIS ; PART II: VALUATION CONCEPTS ; 4. TIME VALUE OF MONEY ; 5. RISK AND RETURN ; 6. VALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF BONDS ; 7. SHARES AND THEIR VALUATION ; 8. PORTFOLIO THEORY ; 9. ASSET PRICING MODELS ; 10. VALUATION ; PART III: INVESTMENT DECISION ; 11. CAPITAL BUDGETING-I ; 12. CAPITAL BUDGETING-II ; 13. COST OF CAPITAL ; 14. REAL OPTIONS ; 15. MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS ; PART IV: FINANCING AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS ; 16. CAPITAL STRUCTURE-THEORY ; 17. DESIGNING CAPITAL STRUCTURE ; 18. LEASING AND HIRE PURCHASE ; 19. DIVIDEND DECISION ; 20. SOURCES OF FINANCE ; PART V: WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ; 21. WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT: AN INTRODUCTION ; 22. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT ; 23. RECEIVABLES MANAGEMENT ; 24. CASH MANAGEMENT ; PART VI: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ; 25. FOREIGN EXCHANGE-RATES AND MARKETS ; 26. DETERMINING FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES ; 27. MANAGING FOREIGN EXCHANGE EXPOSURE ; PART VII: DERIVATIVES AND RISK MANAGEMENT ; 28. RISK MANAGEMENT, FORWARDS & FUTURE ; 29. OPTIONS ; 30. INTEREST RATE AND CURRENCY SWAPS ; PART VIII: APPENDICES ; A-1 FUTURE VALUE OF RE 1 AT R% AFTER N PERIODS ; A-2 PRESENT VALUE OF RE 1 DISCOUNTED AT R% FOR N PERIODS ; A-3 FUTURE VALUE OF ANNUITY OF RE 1 AT R% FOR N PERIODS ; A-4 PRESENT VALUE OF ANNUITY AT R% FOR N PERIODS ; A-5 EMI PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AT R% FOR N YEARS ; A-6 EMI PAYABLE IN ARREARS AT R% FOR N YEARS ; A-7 (IST PART) AREA UNDER THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CURVE (FORPOSITIVE VALUES) ; A-7 (2ND PART) AREA UNDER THE NORMAL DISTRIBUTION CURVE (FOR NEGATIVE VALUES)