Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (2024 Release/14Ed.)

PART I: OVERVIEW OF CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch 1 Introduction to Corporate Finance
Ch 2 Financial Statements/ Taxes/ and Cash Flow

PART II: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING
Ch 3 Working with Financial Statements
Ch 4 Long-Term Financial Planning and Growth

PART III: VALUATION OF FUTURE CASH FLOWS
Ch 5 Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money
Ch 6 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation
Ch 7 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation
Ch 8 Stock Valuation

PART IV: CAPITAL BUDGETING
Ch 9 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria
Ch10 Making Capital Investment Decisions
Ch11 Project Analysis and Evaluation

PART V: RISK AND RETURN
Ch12 Some Lessons from Capital Market History
Ch13 Return/ Risk/ and the Security Market Line

PART VI: COST OF CAPITAL AND LONG-TERM FINANCIAL POLICY
Ch14 Cost of Capital
Ch15 Raising Capital
Ch16 Financial Leverage and Capital Structure Policy
Ch17 Dividends and Payout Policy

PART VII: SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
Ch18 Short-Term Finance and Planning
Ch19 Cash and Liquidity Management
Ch20 Credit and Inventory Management

PART VIII: TOPICS IN CORPORATE FINANCE
Ch21 International Corporate Finance
Ch22 Behavioral Finance: Implications for Financial Management
Ch23 Enterprise Risk Management
Ch24 Options and Corporate Finance
Ch25 Option Valuation
Ch26 Mergers and Acquisitions
Ch27 Leasing

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance was designed and developed for a first course in business or corporate finance, for both finance majors and non-majors alike. The text is nearly self-contained in terms of background or prerequisites, assuming some familiarity with basic algebra and accounting concepts, while still reviewing important accounting principles very early on. The organization of this text has been developed to give instructors the flexibility they need.

The best-selling text has three basic themes that are the central focus of the book:
1) An emphasis on intuition: the authors separate and explain the principles at work on a common sense, intuitive level before launching into any specifics.
2) A unified valuation approach: net present value (NPV) is treated as the basic concept underlying corporate finance.
3) A managerial focus: the authors emphasize the role of the financial manager as a decision maker, and they stress the need for managerial input and judgment.