Business Finance

Eddie McLaney is Visiting Fellow in Accounting and Finance at the University of Plymouth.

Part 1 The business finance environment

1- Introduction
2- A framework for financial decision making
3- Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation

Part 2 Investment decisions

4- Investment appraisal methods
5- Practical aspects of investment appraisal
6- Risk in investment appraisal
7- Portfolio theory and its relevance to real investment decisions

Part 3 Financing decisions

8- Sources of long-term finance
9- The secondary capital market (the stock exchange) and its efficiency
10- Cost of capital estimations and the discount rate
11- Gearing, the cost of capital and shareholders' wealth
12-The dividend decision

Part 4 Integrated decisions

13-Management of working capital
14-Corporate restructuring (including takeovers and divestments)
15-International aspects of business finance
16-Small businesses