Financial Management
Geoffrey Knott(Author)
Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Published on 31. May 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-333-52423-7 (ISBN)
Description
"Financial Management" is a text for students of professional examinations, including ACCA, ACA, ICMA, ICSA, BTEC and CMS courses. It should also prove useful for first year degree students and business people who wish to update their knowledge of this area of management. In an accessible style, the book covers all aspects of financial management. Social and ethical implications of decisions are considered, as are the latest developments in the business sector, such as takeovers and mergers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
370 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-52423-7 (9780333524237)
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Content
PART 1 INTRODUCING FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - The Business Objective and Financial Management - Financial Analysis - PART 2 INVESTMENT DECISIONS - Investment Appraisal - Problems with Discounted Cash Flow - Dealing with Risk in Investment Decisions - Capital Budgeting - PART 3 FINANCIAL PLANNING - Establishing the Need for Finance - Types and Sources of Finance: An Overview - Medium-term Finance - Finance for Small and Developing Businesses - Matching the Need to the Sources of Finance - PART 4 LONG-TERM FINANCE - 'Going Public' and the Securities Market - Long-term Finance for Expansion - PART 5 SHARE VALUATION, DIVIDENDS AND COST OF CAPITAL - The Investor and Share Valuation - Dividend Policy and Share Valuation - Cost of Capital - PART 6 WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Financing Working Capital - Controlling Liquidity - Controlling Stocks - Controlling Debtors - PART 7 FOREIGN TRADE AND FINANCE - Managing Foreign Currency and Investment - PART 8 EXTERNAL EXPANSION - Business Mergers