Financial management : theory and techniques
- London Holden-Day Incorporation 1973
- xix,661 pages illustrations 24 cm,HB
Pt. I. Foundations -- Introduction -- Conceptual foundations -- Theories of the firm, I -- Appendix A. Conditions for profit maximization -- Theories of the firm, II -- Pt. II. Investment decisions -- Capital budgeting: an introduction -- Appendix A. Product demand and capital-budgeting decisions -- Appendix B. Analysis of financial statements and the flow of funds -- Capital-budgeting techniques -- Appendix A. Depreciation concepts and methods -- Appendix B. The simple mathematics of capital budgeting -- Risk and uncertainty: an introduction -- Appendix A. Some criteria for decisions under uncertainty -- Appendix B. The simple mathematics of certainty equivalents -- Interdependence and uncertainty in financial decisions -- Appendix A. Computational procedures for the Hillier model -- Appendix B. Investment uncertainty and the market place -- Pt. III. Financing decisions -- The financing decision, 1: cost of capital from specific sources -- The financing decision, II: combined cost of capital -- Capital structure and optimal financial policy -- Appendix A. Empirical tests of the Modigliani-Miller cost-of-capital hypothesis -- Pt. IV. Working-capital management -- Short-term uses of funds -- The taxonomy of inventory models -- Short-term sources of funds -- Pt. V. Elements of security valuation -- Appendix A. The simple mathematics of random-walk models -- Investment, financing, and valuation: some attempts at integration -- Pt. VI. Portfolio selection -- Portfolio theory and policy: an introduction -- Portfolio models -- Appendix A. Portfolio models for capital-budgeting decisions -- Appendix B. Portfolio-selection models: the empirical evidence. Pt. VII. Techniques for financial analysis -- Linear programming and capital-budgeting decisions -- Appendix A. Some basic definitions and concepts -- Appendix B. The general linear programming problem -- Appendix C. The condensed simplex tableau -- Integer programming and capital-budgeting decisions -- Appendix A. The simple mathematics of integer programming -- Dynamic programming and capital-budgeting decisions -- Appendix A. Special topics in mathematical programming -- Simulation experiments and financial decisions -- A Monte Carlo simulation and sensitivity analysis of a capital-budgeting decision -- Appendix A. System equations, variable names, and definition of inputs -- Mergers, acquisitions, and conglomerate diversification.
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