Practical Financial Management

William R. Lasher (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

864 Seiten

2016 | 8th edition
South-Western College Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-305-63754-2 (ISBN)

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Let a professor who used to be a financial executive and CFO introduce you to today’s most important financial management topics within the pages of PRACTICAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Eighth Edition. Author William R. Lasher uses his experience as a CFO to give you an insider’s look into the issues and challenges facing financial managers every day. From hidden agendas to decision maker biases and their effect on the analyses of financial proposals, you will see principles in action in this dynamic text. You will examine the latest developments, like activist investors who put pressure on companies to change their ways and behavioral finance which uses psychological ideas to explain financial markets.

Dr. Lasher keeps the presentation as relevant and practical as it is engaging with a thorough approach that’s ideal for today’s business students. He has made the necessary mathematics simple and easy to follow and included lots of worked out examples to show you how to do homework problems. Develop the first-hand understanding of financial management you’ll need for your future success with PRACTICAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, Eighth Edition.

Dr. Lasher has a unique background in education and financial practice that enables him to offer unique, firsthand insights into the world of financial management in his text. Prior to entering full-time academics, he worked in finance at Texas Instruments, Harris Corporation, and the Pacific Telesis organization. He has held positions as a planner, a controller, and a subsidiary CFO. While working in business, he taught evening courses in finance and economics at the University of Dallas, the University of Texas at Dallas, and Golden Gate University in San Francisco. After a successful corporate career, he became a full time author/educator in finance at Nichols College. He has taught and written finance for over 25 years. Dr. Lasher holds a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Columbia University, a Ph.D. from Southern Methodist University, and a J.D from the New England School of Law. He has been a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. In addition to Practical Financial Management, he has published books on business planning, franchising, and the strategic management of small firms.

1. Foundations.
2. Financial Background: A Review of Accounting, Financial Statements, and Taxes.
3. Cash Flows and Financial Analysis.
4. Financial Planning.
5. The Financial System, Corporate Governance, and Interest.
Part II: DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW AND THE VALUE OF SECURITIES.
6. Time Value of Money.
7. The Valuation and Characteristics of Bonds and Leasing.
8. The Valuation and Characteristics of Stock.
9. Risk and Return.
Part III: BUSINESS INVESTMENT DECISIONS--CAPITAL BUDGETING.
10. Capital Budgeting.
11. Cash Flow Estimation.
12. Risk Topics and Real Options in Capital Budgeting.
13. Cost of Capital.
Part IV: LONG-TERM FINANCING ISSUES.
14. Capital Structure and Leverage.
15. Dividends and Repurchases.
Part V: OPERATIONS ISSUES--WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING.
16. The Management of Working Capital.
17. Corporate Restructuring.
18. International Finance.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2016
Verlagsort	Florence
Sprache	englisch
Maße	211 x 262 mm
Gewicht	1792 g
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
ISBN-10	1-305-63754-2 / 1305637542
ISBN-13	978-1-305-63754-2 / 9781305637542
Zustand	Neuware