Fundamentals of Corporate Finance with student CD-ROM

Richard A. Brealey is a Professor of Finance at the London Business School. He is the former president of the European Finance Association and a former director of the American Finance Association. He is a fellow of the British Academy and has served as a special adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England and as director of a number of financial institutions. Professor Brealey is also the author (with Professor Myers) of this books sister text, Principles of Corporate Finance. Stewart C. Myers is the Gordon Y Billard Professor of Finance at MITs Sloan School of Management. He is past president of the American Finance Association and a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. His research has focused on financing decisions, valuation methods, the cost of capital, and financial aspects of government regulation of business. Dr. Myers is a director of The Brattle Group, Inc., and is active as a financial consultant. He is also the author (with Professor Brealey) of this books sister text, Principles of Corporate Finance. Alan J. Marcus is a Professor of Finance in the Wallace E. Carroll School of Management at Boston College. His main research interests are in derivatives and securities markets. He is co-author (with Zvi Bodie and Alex Kane) of the texts Investments and Essentials of Investments. Professor Marcus has served as a research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Professor Marcus also spent two years at Freddie Mac, where he helped to develop mortgage pricing and credit risk models. He currently serves on the Research Foundation Advisory Board of the CFA Institute.

Chapter 1The Firm and the Financial ManagerChapter 2Accounting and FinanceChapter 3The Time Value of MoneyChapter 4Valuing BondsChapter 5Valuing StocksChapter 6Net Present Value and Other Investment CriteriaChapter 7Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis to Make Investment DecisionsChapter 8Project AnalysisChapter 9Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Opportunity Cost of CapitalChapter 10Risk, Return, and Capital BudgetingChapter 11 The Cost of CapitalChapter 12Corporate Financing and the Lessons of Market EfficiencyChapter 13An Overview of Corporate FinancingChapter 14How Corporations Issue SecuritiesChapter 15The Capital Structure DecisionChapter 16Dividend PolicyChapter 17Financial Statement AnalysisChapter 18Financial PlanningChapter 19Working Capital Management and Short-Term PlanningChapter 20Cash and Inventory ManagementChapter 21Credit Management and BankruptcyChapter 22Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate ControlChapter 23International Financial ManagementChapter 24OptionsChapter 25Risk ManagementChapter 26What We Do and Do Not Know About Finance