| About the book | |
Financial Management: Theory and Practice celebrates the 23rd Anniversary of its publication. Over these two decades, Indian business and finance have considerably changed owing to deregulation, liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation, and the ascendance of the services sector. The book has kept pace with these changes and captures the central themes and concerns of corporate financial management-making it both contemporary and comprehensive. The book seeks to: Notable changes in this edition include: To enhance the utility of the book, Spreadsheets for students and Solutions Manual for instructors are available at http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0070656657 | |
| About the author | |
Prasanna Chandra Dr Prasanna Chandra, Director of Centre for Financial Management, is an MBA, PhD (Finance). He has over three decades of teaching experience in postgraduate and executive education programmes. He was a Professor of Finance at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, for nearly two decades. He was a visiting Professor of Finance at Southern IIinois University, USA, for two years. He has been a member of several committees including the Capital Issues Advisory Committee, the High Powered Committee on Insurance Sector Reforms, and the SEBI Committee on Derivatives. He has served or is serving on the boards of a number of organizations including Power Finance Corporation, Unit Trust of India, Investment Advisory Services Limited, Inter-Connected Stock Exchange of India, IFCI, IIM (B) , ICFAI, Templeton Mutual Fund, Bangalore Stock Exchange Limited, and Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Limited. He has been a consultant to many organizations. Dr Chandra has conducted executive seminars for a number of organizations like INDAL, Infosys, Telco, ITC, NIIT, TISCO, SAS, TATA-IBM, GTB, BHEL, Bharat Shell, ANZ Grindlays, HMT, Canara Bank, Vysya Bank, ONGC, Wipro, GAIL, Microsoft, Motorola, and Tyco Electronics. His other books include Financial Management: Theory and Practice, Investment, Analysis and Portfolio Management, Managing Investments, Finance Sense, Fundamentals of Financial Management, and Valuation of Equity Shares; and he has authored over 70 articles in professional journals and business periodicals. Dr Chandra has been a Fulbright Scholar and a UNDP Fellow. He has received several honours including the Best Teacher Award from the Association of Indian Management Schools. | |
| Table of contents | |
Part I: Introduction Chapter 1. Financial Management: An Overview Chapter 2. The Financial System Chapter 3. Financial Statements, Taxes and Cash Flow Part II: Financial Analysis and Planning Chapter 4. Analysis of Financial Statements Chapter 5. Financial Planning and Forecasting Part III: Fundamental Valuation Concepts Chapter 6. The Time Value of Money Chapter 7. Valuation of Bonds and Stocks Chapter 8. Risk and Return Chapter 9. Risk and Return: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models Chapter 10. Options and Their Valuation Part IV: Capital Budgeting Chapter 11. Techniques of Capital Budgeting Chapter 12. Estimation of Project Cash Flows Chapter 13. Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting Chapter 14. The Cost of Capital Chapter 15. Capital Budgeting: Extensions Part V: Long Term Financing Chapter 16. Market Efficiency and Financing Decisions Chapter 17. Sources of Long Term Finance Chapter 18. Raising Long Term Finance Part VI: Capital Structure and Dividend Decisions Chapter 19. Capital Structure and Firm Value Chapter 20. Capital Structure Decision Chapter 21. Dividend Policy and Firm Value Chapter 22. Dividend Decision Part VII: Debt and Hybrid Financing Chapter 23. Debt Analysis and Management Chapter 24. Leasing, Hire-purchase, and Project Finance Chapter 25. Hybrid Financing Part VIII: Working Capital Management Chapter 26. Working Capital Policy Chapter 27. Cash and Liquidity Management Chapter 28. Credit Management Chapter 29. Inventory Management Chapter 30. Working Capital Financing Chapter 31. Working Capital Management: Extensions Part IX: Corporate Valuation, Restructuring and Value Creation Chapter 32. Corporate Valuation Chapter 33. Value Based Management Chapter 34. Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring Chapter 35. Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation Chapter 36. Performance Measurement and Balanced Scorecard Part X: Special Topics Chapter 37. International Financial Management Chapter 38. Financial Management in Sick Units Chapter 39. Financial Management in Intangible-Intensive Companies Chapter 40. Corporate Risk Management Chapter 41. The State of our Knowledge | |
