Corporate Finance: A Practical Approach, Second Edition

CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgments

About the CFA Institute Investment Series

Chapter 1: Corporate Governance

Learning Outcomes

1. Introduction

2. Corporate Governance: Objectives and Guiding Principles

3. Forms of Business and Conflicts of Interest

4. Specific Sources of Conflict: Agency Relationships

5. Corporate Governance Evaluation

6. Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors

7. Valuation Implications of Corporate Governance

8. Summary

Problems

Chapter 2: Capital Budgeting

Learning Outcomes

1. Introduction

2. The Capital Budgeting Process

3. Basic Principles of Capital Budgeting

4. Investment Decision Criteria

5. Cash Flow Projections

6. More on Cash Flow Projections

7. Project Analysis and Evaluation

8. Other Income Measures and Valuation Models

9. Summary

Problems

Chapter 3: Cost of Capital

Learning Outcomes

1. Introduction

2. Cost of Capital

3. Costs of the Different Sources of Capital

4. Topics in Cost of Capital Estimation

5. Summary

Problems

Chapter 4: Measures of Leverage

Learning Outcomes

1. Introduction

2. Leverage

3. Business Risk and Financial Risk

4. Summary

Problems

Chapter 5: Capital Structure

Learning Outcomes

1. Introduction

2. The Capital Structure Decision

3. Practical Issues in Capital Structure Policy

4. Summary

Problems

Chapter 6: Dividends and Share Repurchases: Basics

Learning Outcomes

1. Introduction

2. Dividends: Forms

3. Dividends: Payment Chronology

4. Share Repurchases

5. Concluding Remarks

6. Summary

Problems

Chapter 7: Dividends and Share Repurchases: ...