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Essentials of Corporate Finance

ISBN10: 126592015X | ISBN13: 9781265920159

Essentials of Corporate Finance

Essentials of Corporate Finance

ISBN10: 126592015X
ISBN13: 9781265920159
By Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield and Bradford Jordan
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Essentials of Corporate Finance by Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan provides a streamlined introduction to the core concepts of corporate finance, focusing on what students from diverse backgrounds need to know. Written in a relaxed, conversational style, the text invites active learning and emphasizes three key themes: intuition, a unified valuation approach, and a managerial focus. Complex financial principles are explained at an intuitive level, with net present value (NPV) as the foundation of corporate finance. By focusing on the role of the financial manager as a decision-maker, the book prepares students to apply these concepts in real-world scenarios.

PART ONE: OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Chapter 1: Introduction to Financial Management 

PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CASH FLOW 
Chapter 2: Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow 
Chapter 3: Working with Financial Statements 

PART THREE: VALUATION OF FUTURE CASH FLOWS
Chapter 4: Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money 
Chapter 5: Discounted Cash Flow Valuation 

PART FOUR: VALUING STOCKS AND BONDS 
Chapter 6: Interest Rates and Bond Valuation 
Chapter 7: Equity Markets and Stock Valuation 

PART FIVE: CAPITAL BUDGETING
Chapter 8: Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria 
Chapter 9: Making Capital Investment Decisions 

PART SIX: RISK AND RETURN
Chapter 10: Some Lessons from Capital Market History 
Chapter 11: Risk and Return 

PART SEVEN: LONG-TERM FINANCING 
Chapter 12: Cost of Capital 
Chapter 13: Leverage and Capital Structure 
Chapter 14: Dividends and Dividend Policy 
Chapter 15: Raising Capital 

PART EIGHT: SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 
Chapter 16: Short-Term Financial Planning 
Chapter 17: Working Capital Management 

PART NINE: TOPICS IN BUSINESS FINANCE 
Chapter 18: International Aspects of Financial Management

APPENDICES 
Appendix A: Mathematical Tables 
Appendix B: Key Equations 
Appendix C: Answers to Selected End-of-Chapter Problems 
Appendix D: Using the HP-10B and TI BA II Plus Financial Calculators

About the Author

Stephen Ross

Stephen A. Ross was the Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the most widely published authors in finance and economics. Professor Ross is recognized for his work in developing the arbitrage pricing theory, along with his substantial contributions to the discipline through his research in signaling, agency theory, option pricing, and the theory of the term structure of interest rates, among other topics. A past president of the American Finance Association, he also served as an associate editor of several academic and practitioner journals, and was a trustee of CalTech.



Randolph Westerfield

Randolph W. Westerfield is Dean Emeritus of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and is the Charles B. Thornton Professor of Finance Emeritus. Professor Westerfield came to USC from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was the chairman of the finance department and member of the finance faculty for 20 years. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Oaktree Capital Mutual Funds. His areas of expertise include corporate financial policy, investment management, and stock market price behavior.

Bradford Jordan

Bradford D. Jordan is Visiting Scholar at the University of Florida. He previously held the duPont Endowed Chair in Banking and Financial Services at the University of Kentucky, where he was department chair for many years. He specializes in corporate finance and securities valuation. He has published numerous articles in leading finance journals, and he has received a variety of research awards, including the Fama/DFA Award in 2010.

Dr. Jordan is coauthor of Corporate Finance 13e, Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications 7e, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance 13e, and Essentials of Corporate Finance 1le, which collectively are the most widely used business finance textbooks in the world, along with Fundamentals of Investments: Valuation and Management 10e, a popular investments text.

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