Includes biblographical references and index. Ch. 1. Overview of Corporate Financial Management -- Ch. 2. Accounting, Cash Flows, and Taxes -- Ch. 3. The Financial Environment, Principles, and Fundamental Concepts -- Ch. 4. The Time Value of Money -- Ch. 5. Valuing Financial Securities -- Ch. 6. Risk and Return: Financial Securities -- Ch. 7. Risk and Return: Asset Pricing Models -- Ch. 8. Options: Valuing Contingencies -- Ch. 9. Financial Contracting -- Ch. 10. Cost of Capital -- Ch. 11. Capital Budgeting: The Basics -- Ch. 12. Capital Budgeting: Some Complications -- Ch. 13. Capital Budgeting in Practice -- Ch. 14. Capital Market Efficiency: Explanation and Implications -- Ch. 15. Why Capital Structure Matters -- Ch. 16. Managing Capital Structure -- Ch. 17. Why Dividend Matters -- Ch. 18. Managing Dividend Policy -- Ch. 19. Cash and Working Capital Management -- Ch. 20. Accounts Receivable and Inventory Management -- Ch. 21. Treasury Management -- Ch. 22. Financial Planning.Ch. 23. Equity and the Investment Banking Process -- Ch. 24. Long-Term Debt -- Ch. 25. Leasing and Other Asset-Based Financing -- Ch. 26. Derivatives and Hedging -- Ch. 27. Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation -- Ch. 28. Mergers and Acquisitions -- Ch. 29. Multinational Corporate Finance -- App. A. Using A Business Calculator -- App. B. Cumulative Distribution Function for the Standard Normal Random Variable.