The first book devoted exclusively to modern advanced corporate finance, this volume provides a comprehensive exploration of theoretical and empirical literature on corporate financial policies and strategies—particularly those of U.S. nonfinancial firms—defined in rational, economic terms. Throughout, Cases in Point show theory in relation to financial decisions made by specific firms; and Real-World Focus highlights numerous articles from the financial press, providing insights from practitioners' points of view. Empirical Perspectives On The Financial Characteristics Of Publicly Traded U.S. Nonfinancial Firms.
Valuation And Financing Decisions In An Ideal Capital Market. Separation Of Ownership And Control, Principal-Agent Conflicts, And Financial Policies. Information Asymmetry And The Markets For Corporate Securities. The Roles Of Government, Securities Markets, Financial Institutions, Ownership Structure, Board Oversight, And Contract Devices. The Leverage Decision. Analyses Of The Firm And The Valuation Of Equity And Debt. Industry Analysis And Financial Policies And Strategies. The Firm's Environment, Governance, Strategy, Operations, And Financial Structure. Market Efficiency, Event Studies, Cost Of Equity Capital, And Equity Valuation.
Corporate Bonds: Terms, Issuance, And Valuation. Private Equity And Venture Capital. Initial Public Offerings Of Stock. Managing Internal Equity And Seasoned Equity Offerings. Dividend Policy And Stock Repurchases. Corporate Liabilities: Strategic Selections Of Lenders And Contract Terms. Mergers, Acquisitions, Takeovers, And Buyouts. Financial Distress And Restructuring. Debt Restructuring, Being Acquired, Bankruptcy, Reorganization, And Liquidation. Organizational Architecture, Risk Management, And Security Design. For CEOs and CFOs of corporations, senior lending officers at commercial banks, and senior officers and analysts at investment banks.
This is a most interesting and instructive textbook, but I am not entirely clear just what its intended audience might be; I suspect it may be mistitled. From my perspective, the title "Advanced Corporate Finance" suggests some fairly heavy duty mathematics. In fact, there is nothing here of that sort; indeed the level of math is no higher and perhaps lower than you would find in a standard "basic finance text.
What we have here instead is a very helpful collection/summary of material on the institutional framework of corporate finance -- the kind of stuff you might wish your students knew before they ever started the technical part. Short of that, it has another good use: it's what you might call a "bottom drawer" book, i.e., one of the books the professor keeps in the bottom drawer to deploy for classroom examples -- thereby garnering an undeserved reputation for breadth of knowledge. This can only be bad news for the publishers: it means they sell only one copy rather than a whole classroom full of copies.
I can only conclude that the publishers understand their own business better than I understand their business: maybe there is a market for whole classrooms full of copies, and more power to them if they find it. Meanwhile, I cherish my bottom drawer copy and I look forward to many more occasions when I can stun and astonish with the authors' good help.
This is not a book in advanced financial topics such as options or mathematical evaluations of arcane financial topics. It is a very interesting and well written book on various topics managers need to know to well manage the financial aspects of their organization. Of course, since it is about finance there are numbers and some equations, but nothing very complicated. What I especially enjoyed about the book was its consideration of alternatives, including negative outcomes, for managers making decisions. It also discusses conflicts of interest among various parties and the managers role and responsibilities in dealing with them and the considerations one must take as a shareholder, manager, or creditor (they all have different interests at times).
The book has nineteen chapters grouped into five parts. The parts are: I) Corporate Finance (a review of your basic corporate finance course - or a brief overview before you dive in a bit deeper water in this book), II) Analysis of the Firm and the Valuation of Equity and Debt, III) Managing Equity and Debt, IV) The Markets for Corporate Control (a fascinating portion of the book), and V) is just one chapter, Organizational Architecture, Risk Management, and Security Design.
This is a long book and some parts are quite detailed. Depending on your background, you can dive into it here or there looking for various topics. Since there is no glossary nor very many helps along the way, the book assumes a basic understanding of finance and corporate structure and finance (though the first part helps establish some groundwork in the latter). If you have had the core course from a good program in finance and corporate finance, you will handle this book well. If you enjoyed those courses, you will likely find this book quite interesting as I did.
Each chapter has its own problems and questions (selected answers are provided at the end of the book for a few of these in each chapter), a section containing issues for creative thinking, and a few projects for analysis. Some of the chapters have an appendix or two discussing the more numeric aspects of the chapter, but none are too deep. For example, Appendix A in chapter 10 on corporate bonds discusses yield to maturity and duration. Again, you probably covered this in your core course on finance. If not, you get the basic treatment here.
I think this is a worthwhile book for business professionals involved in finance in any way. It is on my shelf of books on corporate finance.
Product Details :
- Paperback: 702 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (September 30, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0130915688
- ISBN-13: 978-0130915689
- Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 7.5 x 9.5 inches
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