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The objective of Corporate Financial Management (Third Edition) is to introduce those principles essential to the understanding of financial problems, as well as policies that financial managers use to contend with those problems. To achieve this, the text stresses practical application in a user-friendly format. Corporate Financial Management is suitable for both undergraduate- and graduate-level core courses in finance, financial management and corporate finance. The text is written in a clear, concise and practical manner. Readers will be exposed to all of the key tools and techniques of financial management and corporate finance without a complex treatment of theoretical financial concepts. The book includes twelve short cases designed to illustrate a series of real-life, current, and decision-oriented financial problems. The cases should enable students to strengthen their practical understanding of financial concepts and techniques. Without the added expense of a separate casebook, students can apply what that have learned in practical settings. Contents: Part 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Goals and Functions of Finance Chapter 2 Operating Environment of Financial Management Part 2 Financial Planning and Control Chapter 3 Financial Statement Analysis Chapter 4 Leverage and Risk Analysis Chapter 5 Financial Planning and Forecasting Part 3 Working Capital Management Chapter 6 An Overview of Working Capital Management Chapter 7 Current Asset Management Chapter 8 Sources of Short-Term Financing Part 4 Capital Expenditure Analysis Chapter 9 Time Value of Money Chapter 10 Valuation Chapter 11 Cost of Capital Chapter 12 Capital Budgeting under Certainty Chapter 13 Other Issues in Capital Budgeting Chapter 14 Capital Budgeting under Uncertainty Part 5 Long Term Financing Chapter 15 Investment Bankers and Capital Markets Cha