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Title page; Half title page; Copyright page; Brief Contents; Contents; Guide to the text; Guide to the online resources; Preface; About the authors; Acknowledgements; PART I INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 THE SCOPE OF CORPORATE FINANCE; WHAT COMPANIES DO: Apple's i-Popping Results; 1-1 The Role of Corporate Finance in Business; 1-1a How Finance Interacts with Other Functional Business Areas; 1-1b Career Opportunities in Finance; 1-2 Corporate Finance Essentials; 1-2a The Five Basic Corporate Finance Functions; FINANCE IN PRACTICE: Managing Volatility. FINANCE IN PRACTICE: The Rise of Digital on the CFO AgendaFINANCE IN PRACTICE: Navigating Complexity; FINANCE IN PRACTICE: High-Performance Businesses Have More Influential CFOs; 1-2b Debt and Equity: The Two Flavours of Capital; 1-2c The Role of Financial Intermediaries in Corporate Finance; 1-3 Legal Forms of Business Organisation; 1-3a Business Organisational Forms in Australia; 1-3b Forms of Business Organisation Used by Companies Outside Australia; 1-4 The Corporate Financial Manager's Goals; 1-4a What Should a Financial Manager Try to Maximise? FINANCE IN PRACTICE: Views on Corporate Goals and Stakeholder Groups1-4b How Can Agency Costs Be Controlled in Corporate Finance?; 1-4c Why Ethics are Important in Corporate Finance; Summary; Key terms; Questions; Problems; MINI CASE The Scope of Corporate Finance; Online Study Tools; Smart Video; Joshua Haines, Senior Credit Analyst, The Private Bank; Bill Eckmann, Principal, Solar Capital; David Nickel, Controller for Intel Communications Group, Intel Corp. (former) ; Andy Bryant, Executive Vice President of Technology, Manufacturing, and Enterprise Services, Intel Corp. Vern LoForti, VP, CFO, and Corporate Secretary, InfoSonicsSMART concepts; CHAPTER 2 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND CASH FLOW ANALYSIS; WHAT COMPANIES DO: Five Numbers You Need to Know; 2-1 Financial Statements; 2-1a Balance Sheet; 2-1b Income Statement; 2-1c Statement of Retained Earnings; FINANCE IN PRACTICE: Assessing the Market Value of Global Brands; 2-1d Statement of Cash Flows ; 2-1e Notes to Financial Statements; 2-2 Cash Flow Analysis; 2-2a The Company's Cash Flows; 2-2b Developing and Interpreting the Statement of Cash Flows; 2-3 Assessing Financial Performance Using Ratio Analysis. 2-3a Using Financial Ratios2-3b Liquidity Ratios; 2-3c Activity Ratios; 2-3d Debt Ratios; 2-3e Profitability Ratios; FINANCE IN PRACTICE: Analysing Your Personal Financial Statements; 2-3f Market Ratios; 2-4 Corporate Taxes; 2-4a Ordinary Corporate Income; 2-4b Corporate Capital Gains; Summary; Important equations; Key terms; Self-test problems; Questions; Problems; MINI CASE Financial Statement and Cash Flow Analysis; Online Study Tools; Smart Video; Jon Olson, Chief Financial Officer, Xilinx Corp.; Frank Popoff, Chairman of the Board (retired), Dow Chemical ; John Graham, Duke University.

Introduction to Corporate Finance offers a dynamic, modern and practical approach that illustrates how financial management really works. It features up-to-date content including the impact of the Global Financial Crisis and capital budgeting. Introduction to Corporate Finance is distinguished by the cash-flow 'arc' of the narrative, which gives a practical learning path, and the use of real options, which is a practical analysis tool that is used in corporate finance. Students are thus provided with the most engaging and contemporary learning path of any Australian text, giving them realisti.