Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of financial management -- Analysis of financial statements -- The financial environment: markets, institutions, interest rates, and taxes -- Risk and return: the basics -- Risk and return: extensions -- Discounted cash flow analysis -- Valuation models -- The cost of capital -- The basics of capital budgeting -- Project cash flow analysis -- Risk analysis and the optimal capital budget -- Long-term financial planning -- Capital structure decisions: the basics -- Capital structure decisions: extensions -- Dividend policy -- Common stock and the investment banking process -- Long-term debt -- Lease financing -- Hybrid financing: preferred stock, warrants, and convertibles -- Current assets management -- Short-term financing -- Other topics in working capital management -- Derivatives and risk management -- Bankruptcy, reorganization, and liquidation -- Mergers, LBOs, divestitures, and holding companies -- Multinational financial management -- Pension plan management -- Appendixes: A. Mathematical tables -- B. Answers to selected end-of-chapter problems -- C. Solutions to self test problems -- D. Selected equations.

"Requires MS-DOS computer with Lotus 1-2-3 2.1 or higher or Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and Microsoft Excel 5.0 or higher."