"Financial Management" (Second Edition) (with CD-ROM/Learning Card)

Author: Guo Fuchu, Wang Qingcheng (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2005-08-20
Features: This book is the revised edition of "Financial Management" as part of the Ministry of Education's "21st Century Curriculum Textbooks" and the core textbook for business management majors in higher education institutions. It is a product of the "Higher Education 100 Excellent Course Textbook Construction Program." The book systematically elaborates on the theories and methods of modern corporate financial management, represented by company-based enterprises. Its content and structure are characterized by the following aspects:
- Taking enterprise capital movement as the management object and financial goals as the management orientation;
- Based on the fundamental value concepts of time value of money and risk value;
- Focusing on basic management content such as financing decisions, investment decisions, cost decisions, revenue and profit distribution decisions;
- Centered on basic management processes and methods including financial forecasting, financial decision-making, financial planning, financial control, and financial evaluation.
The book is divided into three parts: Financial Management Fundamentals, Basic Financial Business Management, and Special Financial Business Management, comprising a total of 18 chapters. This revision adds four entirely new chapters: National Financial Management, Human Capital Financial Management, E-commerce Financial Management, and Enterprise Restructuring Financial Management, to adapt to the establishment of a new state-owned asset management system, the development of the knowledge economy, and the challenges of economic globalization.
This book can serve as a textbook for business management majors in higher education institutions and is also suitable for students and faculty in other management-related disciplines, as well as for general readers. Accompanying resources include:
(1) "Study Guide for Financial Management (Second Edition)";
(2) Learning presentations (attached to the textbook);
(3) Study cards (attached to the textbook), which can be used to access free online learning time, participate in online courses, and receive Q&A support;
(4) Teaching presentations, which are provided free of charge to instructors who adopt this book as a textbook (see the "Teaching Support Notes" at the back of the book).