Strategic financial management : applications of corporate finance / Samuel C. Weaver, J. Fred Weston.

This book provides the essential tools, techniques, and concepts to assist the non-financial professional in understanding financial management from a strategic and operational perspective. The later chapters further develop specific topics in financing, working capital management, mergers, restruct...

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Main Author: Weaver, Samuel C.
Other Authors: Weston, J. Fred (John Fred), 1916-2009
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Mason, OH : Thomson/South-Western, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. Accounting and finance fundamentals.
  • The role of accounting and finance
  • Financial statements and cash flows
  • Time and value
  • Business organization and taxes
  • Part 2. Financial environment and valuation analysis.
  • Interest rates and fixed return securities valuation
  • Risk, return, and equity valuation
  • Part 3. Financial analysis, planning, and control.
  • Financial performance metrics
  • Working capital management
  • Strategic financial planning (Financial forecasting and control)
  • Part 4. Investment strategies and decisions.
  • Capital expenditure management and alternative investment criteria
  • Capital investment decisions
  • Strategic valuation issues
  • Part 5. Financial policy.
  • Cost of capital and financial structure
  • Financing sources and strategies
  • Leases
  • Dividends and share repurchases
  • Part 6. Growth strategies for increasing value.
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • International financial management
  • Appendix A: Time value of money tables
  • Appendix B: Financial calculators
  • Appendix C: Common excel financial functions
  • Appendix D: Common excel financial functions for bond valuation
  • Appendix E: Common excel financial functions for capital investment decisions.