Contemporary financial management

Part I: The role and objective of financial management; the domestic and international financial marketplace; evaluation of financial performance. Part II: Determinants of valuation; the time value of money; analysis of risk and return; fixed-income securities - characteristics and valuation; common stock - characteristics, valuation, and issurance. Part III: The capital investment decision; capital budgeting - decision criteria and real option considerations; capital budgeting and risk. Part IV: The cost of capital, capital structure, and dividend policy; the cost of capital; capital structure concepts; capital structure management in practice; dividend policy. Part V: Working capital management and financial forecasting; working capital management and working capital policy; the management of cash and marketable securities; management of accounts receivable and inventories; short- and intermediate-term funding alternatives. Part VI: Advanced topics in contemporary financial management; lease financing; financing with derivatives; international financial management; corporate restructuring.