Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy: European Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 16. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
936 pages
978-0-07-712942-2 (ISBN)
Description
The second European edition of Financial Markets and Corporate Strategy provides comprehensive coverage of financial markets and corporate finance, brought to life by real world examples, cases and insights. Placed in a truly international context, this new and updated edition takes an academic and practical view-point to guide students through the challenges of studying and practicing finance. Aimed specifically at an international audience, this edition boasts hundreds of references to new and relevant non-US research papers from top finance journals. Whilst retaining the well respected structure of the successful US text, Professor David Hillier has also made a number of additions which include:Fully updated research, data and examples in every chapter.Coverage of the global financial crisis, the impact it made on the financial markets and the lessons being learnt by the finance industry. A stronger emphasis on corporate governance and agency theory.Updates on accounting standards, bankruptcy laws, tax rules and tax systems.
More details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1880 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-712942-2 (9780077129422)
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Mark Grinblatt | Sheridan Titman
Financial Markets & Corporate Strategy
Book
11/2001
2nd Edition
McGraw Hill Higher Education
€69.43
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Persons
David Hillier is Professor of Finance at the University of Strathclyde, teaches regularly in development programs for executives and has taught courses for a wide variety of professional clients, including the World Bank and the National Health Service in the UK. It is part of the editorial board of several international journals of finance.
University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D. Yale Mark Grinblatt is Professor of Finance at UCLAs Anderson School, where he currently serves as chair of the Finance area, and where he began his career in 1981. He is also a director on the board of Salomon Swapco, Inc., a consultant to numerous firms, and serves as an associate editor of Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. From 1987 to 1989, Professor Grinblatt was a visiting professor at the Wharton School and while on leave from UCLA in 1989 and 1990, he was a vice-president for Salomon Brothers, Inc., valuing complex derivatives for the fixed income arbitrage trading group in the firm. Professor Grinblatt is a noted teacher at UCLA, having been awarded teacher of the year in 1993 for UCLAs Fully-Employed MBA Program by a vote of the students. This award was based on his teaching of a course designed around early drafts of this textbook. Professor Grinblatts areas of expertise include investments, performance evaluation of fund managers, fixed income markets, corporate finance and derivatives.
The Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services at the University of Texas. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a consultant to a number of firms. Professor Titman began his academic career in 1980 at UCLA, where he served as the department chair for the finance group and as the vice chairman of the UCLA management school faculty. He designed executive education programs in corporate financial strategy at UCLA and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, based on material developed in this book.
University of California at Los Angeles, Ph.D. Yale Mark Grinblatt is Professor of Finance at UCLAs Anderson School, where he currently serves as chair of the Finance area, and where he began his career in 1981. He is also a director on the board of Salomon Swapco, Inc., a consultant to numerous firms, and serves as an associate editor of Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. From 1987 to 1989, Professor Grinblatt was a visiting professor at the Wharton School and while on leave from UCLA in 1989 and 1990, he was a vice-president for Salomon Brothers, Inc., valuing complex derivatives for the fixed income arbitrage trading group in the firm. Professor Grinblatt is a noted teacher at UCLA, having been awarded teacher of the year in 1993 for UCLAs Fully-Employed MBA Program by a vote of the students. This award was based on his teaching of a course designed around early drafts of this textbook. Professor Grinblatts areas of expertise include investments, performance evaluation of fund managers, fixed income markets, corporate finance and derivatives.
The Walter W. McAllister Centennial Chair in Financial Services at the University of Texas. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a consultant to a number of firms. Professor Titman began his academic career in 1980 at UCLA, where he served as the department chair for the finance group and as the vice chairman of the UCLA management school faculty. He designed executive education programs in corporate financial strategy at UCLA and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, based on material developed in this book.
Content
Part I. Financial Markets and Financial Instruments
1. Raising Capital
2. Debt Financing
3. Equity FinancingPart II. Valuing Financial Assets
4. Portfolio Tools
5. Mean-Variance Analysis and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
6. Factor Models and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory
7. Pricing Derivatives
8. Options
Part III. Valuing Real Assets
9. Discounting and Valuation
10. Investing in Risk-Free Projects
11. Investing in Risky Projects
12. Allocating Capital and Corporate Strategy
13. Corporate Taxes and the Impact of Financing On Real Asset Valuation
Part IV. Capital Financial Structure
14. How Taxes Affect Financing Choices
15. How Taxes Affect Dividends and Share Repurchases
16. Bankruptcy Costs and Debt Holder-Equity Holder Conflicts
17. Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy
Part V. Incentives, Information, and Corporate Control
18. How Managerial Incentives Affects Financial Decisions
19. The Information Conveyed by Financial Decisions
20. Mergers and Acquisitions
Part VI. Risk Management
21. Risk Management and Corporate Strategy
22. The Practice of Hedging
23. Interest Rate Risk Management
1. Raising Capital
2. Debt Financing
3. Equity FinancingPart II. Valuing Financial Assets
4. Portfolio Tools
5. Mean-Variance Analysis and the Capital Asset Pricing Model
6. Factor Models and the Arbitrage Pricing Theory
7. Pricing Derivatives
8. Options
Part III. Valuing Real Assets
9. Discounting and Valuation
10. Investing in Risk-Free Projects
11. Investing in Risky Projects
12. Allocating Capital and Corporate Strategy
13. Corporate Taxes and the Impact of Financing On Real Asset Valuation
Part IV. Capital Financial Structure
14. How Taxes Affect Financing Choices
15. How Taxes Affect Dividends and Share Repurchases
16. Bankruptcy Costs and Debt Holder-Equity Holder Conflicts
17. Capital Structure and Corporate Strategy
Part V. Incentives, Information, and Corporate Control
18. How Managerial Incentives Affects Financial Decisions
19. The Information Conveyed by Financial Decisions
20. Mergers and Acquisitions
Part VI. Risk Management
21. Risk Management and Corporate Strategy
22. The Practice of Hedging
23. Interest Rate Risk Management