Company Finance

Author: Gropelli
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is recognized as an authoritative textbook in business management in the United States and has been published in three to four editions. This is the newest edition, suitable as a required textbook for university and adult education courses, as well as for business professionals. Each chapter begins with an introduction to key terms, interspersed with relevant cases, and includes summaries of important concepts, along with exercises with answer explanations. The book explains finance in a simple way, primarily aimed at finance students and business professionals who need basic financial knowledge to effectively operate businesses and make profitable investment decisions. The book employs numerous charts, data, and examples to illustrate theories and practical business applications. It will teach you capital budgeting and management, investment, financing, and dividend decisions, as well as financial analysis and management. The book covers the essential financial knowledge required by companies, including the globalization trends of businesses, the time value of money, and risk/reward analysis, capital budgeting methods and techniques, the process and consequences of corporate investment decisions, the use of financial derivatives, the implementation of financial planning and operational control, the application of short-term and long-term capital, the importance of international finance in corporate decision-making processes, and the role of financial software and the internet in companies. Each chapter is accompanied by a large number of exercises and answers for readers to self-assess. It is an excellent textbook for finance students and business professionals for self-study.