Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

PART 1 Overview of Corporate Finance
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE 
CHAPTER 2 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, TAXES, AND CASH FLOW 

PART 2 Financial Statements and Long-Term Financial Planning
CHAPTER 3 WORKING WITH FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
CHAPTER 4 LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING AND GROWTH 

PART 3 Valuation of Future Cash Flows
CHAPTER 5 INTRODUCTION TO VALUATION: THE TIME VALUE OF MONEY 
CHAPTER 6 DISCOUNTED CASH FLOW VALUATION 
CHAPTER 7 INTEREST RATES AND BOND VALUATION 
CHAPTER 8 STOCK VALUATION 

PART 4 Capital Budgeting
CHAPTER 9 NET PRESENT VALUE AND OTHER INVESTMENT CRITERIA 
CHAPTER 10 MAKING CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISIONS 
CHAPTER 11 PROJECT ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION 

PART 5 Risk and Return
CHAPTER 12 SOME LESSONS FROM CAPITAL MARKET HISTORY 
CHAPTER 13 RETURN, RISK, AND THE SECURITY MARKET LINE 

PART 6 Cost of Capital and Long-Term Financial Policy
CHAPTER 14 COST OF CAPITAL 
CHAPTER 15 RAISING CAPITAL 
CHAPTER 16 FINANCIAL LEVERAGE AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE POLICY 
CHAPTER 17 DIVIDENDS AND PAYOUT POLICY 

PART 7 Short-Term Financial Planning and Management
CHAPTER 18 SHORT-TERM FINANCE AND PLANNING 
CHAPTER 19 CASH AND LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT 
CHAPTER 20 CREDIT AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT 

PART 8 topics in Corporate Finance
CHAPTER 21 INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE 
CHAPTER 22 BEHAVIORAL FINANCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 

APPENDIX A MATHEMATICAL TABLES A-1
APPENDIX B KEY EQUATIONS B-1
APPENDIX C ANSWERS TO SELECTED END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS C-1
INDEX I-1

About the Book:

Corporate Finance is a foundational course that explores how businesses manage their financial resources to achieve organizational goals. This book is tailored for students beginning their journey into corporate finance, offering a comprehensive introduction suitable for individuals with varying levels of prior financial knowledge. It reviews essential accounting principles early on. The book offers flexibility for instructors and focuses on three key themes: intuitive explanations of financial principles, a unified valuation approach centered on net present value (NPV), and a managerial perspective emphasizing decision-making and judgment. The content is adapted basis relevant research done on Indian corporate sector with updated data sets, cases and examples.


Key Features:

1. Incorporates latest changes in the Companies Act 2013 across chapters (amended till 2023).
2. Addition of topics such as SEBI governance norms, introduction to social stock exchange, collapse of some non-govt.
3. instruments in India, and new environment/climate bonds, among others.
4. Strong pedagogical elements – Boxed features, illustrated examples using real-world examples, spreadsheet
5. strategies, summary tables, key equations etc.
6. Rich instructor and student supplements.