Financial Strategy
Adding Stakeholder Value
1st Edition
Published on 23. September 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-471-98349-1 (ISBN)
Description
Recent developments in financial strategy have concentrated on adding value to organisations. Financial Strategy gives an overview of how these developments can be used to improve performance in private and public sector organisations around the world. The key themes addressed are:
* Trends in finance theory
* Adding value through investment
* Adding value through financing
* Adding value through risk management
* Measuring performance
* Corporate governance
Innovations such as financial restructuring, the role of real options, financial engineering and economic value added are included, as is discussion of the changed relationship between accounting and finance within the organisation. Financial Strategy features:
* articles which pinpoint future trends in both finance and accounting
* a practical rather than overly theoretical approach
* case studies and examples with a global emphasis
Financial Strategy: Adding Stakeholder Value is a Course Reader for the Open University Business School MBA Course: B821 Financial Strategy.
* Trends in finance theory
* Adding value through investment
* Adding value through financing
* Adding value through risk management
* Measuring performance
* Corporate governance
Innovations such as financial restructuring, the role of real options, financial engineering and economic value added are included, as is discussion of the changed relationship between accounting and finance within the organisation. Financial Strategy features:
* articles which pinpoint future trends in both finance and accounting
* a practical rather than overly theoretical approach
* case studies and examples with a global emphasis
Financial Strategy: Adding Stakeholder Value is a Course Reader for the Open University Business School MBA Course: B821 Financial Strategy.
More details
Edition
1., Aufl.
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
map
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 18.1 cm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-98349-1 (9780471983491)
Schweitzer Classification
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Janette Rutterford | Martin Upton | Devendra Kodwani
Financial Strategy
Book
02/2006
2nd Edition
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Person
Janette Rutterford is Abbey National Professor of Financial Management at The Open University Business School
Content
Partial table of contents: TRENDS IN FINANCE THEORY. The Efficient Market Theory Thrives on Criticism (D. Lee & J. Verbrugge). Estimating Expected Return (F. Black). ADDING VALUE THROUGH INVESTMENT. Investment Appraisal Criteria and the Impact of Low Inflation (A. Wardlow). Selling of Capital Investments to Top Management (O. Lumijarvi). Solving the New Equity Puzzle (P. Dechow, et al.). ADDING VALUE THROUGH FINANCING. The Search for Optimal Capital Structure (S. Myers). ADDING VALUE THROUGH RISK MANAGEMENT. The Use of Risk Analysis Techniques in Capital Investment Appraisal (S. Ho & R. Pike). Operating Exposure (D. Lessard & J. Lightstone). Rethinking Risk Management (R. Stultz). MEASURING PERFORMANCE. Using Earnings and Free Cash Flow to Evaluate Corporate Performance (R. Sloan). Making Accounting More International: Why, How, and How Far Will It Go? (R. Ball). WHO SHOULD BENEFIT? Stakeholder Capitalism (W. Hutton). Islamic Banking: An Overview (S. Arar). Index. Acknowledgements.