Corporate Finance and Investment, plus MyFinanceLab with Pearson eTextDescription |
This package includes a physical copy of Corporate Finance and Investment: Decisions and Strategies, 7/e by Richard Pike, Bill Neale and Philip Linsley, as well as access to the eText and MyFinanceLab.
Corporate Finance and Investments, now in its seventh edition, is a popular and well-regarded text for students of corporate finance.
The text takes a practical approach, focusing on the strategic issues of finance in a business setting. With clear and accessible language and an international perspective, the seventh edition will provide students with both essential knowledge of corporate finance and the tools to apply it.
In addition to the text, this pack includes access to MyFinanceLab with eBook.
What is MyFinaceLab?
It is an online tutorial and assessment system which can be used by students for self-study, and by lecturers to support teaching by allowing them to set homework, quizzes and tests which are automatically graded and provide instant feedback to students. Each MyFinanceLab is developed to specifically support an accompanying text, in this case Corporate Finance and Investments 7e. Some of the most popular features in MyFinanceLab include: · A personalised study plan for each student which helps guide their study · Limitless opportunities for practice · Step-by-step guidance on how to solve exercises · Instant feedback A student at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden, described it as ‘like a personal tutor laying the path toward your learning finance’.
Learn more about MyFinanceLab at www.myfinancelab.com  |
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Features |
- A strategic focus relating finance to management issues, setting the subject in the context of corporate decision-making.
- Easy to read! Clear language, diagrams, and worked examples of maths applications make it easy to understand.
- A blend of theory and practice using real world examples, mini-case studies and cameos, all of which help students apply their learning.
- Additional support for students via access to the e-learning platform, MyFinanceLab which includes an eBook.
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New to this Edition |
- New material and increased coverage of corporate risk management techniques and systems and corporate governance.
- Numerous figures, charts, statistics and tables, using the latest data
- New articles in every chapter that illustrate how theory is being used in practice
- A new co-author, Philip Linsley, who has expertise in field of risk management.
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Table of Contents |
List of figures and tables Preface
Guided tour
Using MyFinanceLab
Acknowledgements
Publisher's acknowledgements Part I A Framework for Financial Decisions
1 An overview of financial management
2 The financial environment
3 Present values, and bond and share valuation Part II Investment Decisions and Strategies
4 Investment appraisal methods
5 Project appraisal - applications
6 Investment strategy and process Part III Value, Risk and the Required Return
7 Analysing investment risk
8 Relationships between investments: portfolio theory
9 Setting the risk premium: the Capital Asset Pricing Model
10 The required rate of return on investment
11 Enterprise value and equity value
12 Identifying and rating options Part IV Short-Term Financing and Policies
13 Risk and treasury management
14 Short-term asset management
15 Short- and medium-term finance Part V Strategic Financial Decisions
16 Long-term finance
17 Returning value to shareholders: the divident decision
18 Capital structure and the required return
19 Does capital structure really matter?
20 Acquisitions and restructuring Part VI International Financial Management
21 Managing currency risk
22 Foreign investment decision
23 Key issues in modern finance: a review Appendix A Solutions to self-assessment activities
Appendix B Solutions to selected questions
Appendix C Present value interest factor (PVIF)
Appendix D Present value interest factor for an annuity (PVIFA) Glossary
References
Index |
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Author |
Richard Pike is a Chartered Accountant and Professor of Finance at the Bradford University School of Management Bill Neale is Associate Reader in Financial Management at the University of Bournemouth Institute of Business & Law. He is an experienced teacher, consultant and writer, and is the co-author, with Trefor McElroy, of the Pearson Education text Business Finance: A Value-Based Approach. Philip Linsley trained as a Chartered Accountant and is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Finance at the University of York. His research interests include Risk Disclosure, Risk and Accounting, and Risk Management Systems. |
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