Financial Management -- Theory and Analysis

Author: Ouyang Lingnan
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features:
Course Setting: The booklist is designed according to the teaching syllabus of accounting programs in general universities, especially in finance-related institutions. Thirteen core accounting courses are comprehensively planned by the teaching departments of key universities. Considering that accounting programs in various institutions have developed their own teaching characteristics in practice, teachers from relevant institutions can select textbooks based on their needs.
Author Team: The series is composed of experts from renowned national key disciplines in this field, such as Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Xiamen University, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Peking University, and Xi'an Jiaotong University. Among them are prominent accounting scholars like Wang Songping and Ge Jiashu, who remain active in accounting research and Ph.D. teaching. More importantly, the series includes emerging middle-aged and young accounting scholars such as Xue Yunkui, Wang Liyan, Zhang Tianxi, Cai Chun, and Chen Shaohua. They are all discipline leaders in accounting research and teaching at their respective institutions, with most having overseas study and visiting scholar experiences, enabling them to grasp the latest developments in accounting.
Content Features: Focusing on cultivating internationalized accounting talents, the series closely integrates China's accounting teaching and practice with the global development of accounting, providing content with an international perspective. It emphasizes case-based teaching, catering to the general needs of accounting undergraduate teaching while incorporating cutting-edge knowledge into relevant courses. This allows teachers to adjust lecture content based on class schedules, student foundations, and difficulty levels, as well as provides self-study materials for students with extra time and support for graduate teaching.
Usage Instructions: Teacher teaching materials, student study guides, and PPTs for classroom presentations will be released for the respective courses. At appropriate times, online teaching support will also be provided. Teachers can adjust the lecture content based on class schedules, student foundations, and difficulty levels. This book focuses on the basic theories and analysis of financial management to highlight the close connection between financial management and accounting. The book is divided into eight parts and 21 chapters, explaining the basic theories of financial management, investment decisions and investment risks, the interplay between financing and investment, dividend distribution, capital structure, options trading, financial planning and control, working capital management, mergers and acquisitions, liquidation, and pension plans. Compared to similar textbooks, this book stands out with the following features:
(1) Emphasizes the completeness and rationality of the financial management theory system, with concise yet comprehensive content, explaining accounting problems in simple yet rigorous language;
(2) Highlights cutting-edge and hot issues in financial management, avoiding difficult topics and using cases to illustrate them;
(3) Emphasizes concepts and analysis, combining qualitative and quantitative approaches.
This book is suitable not only for undergraduate and graduate teaching in accounting programs but also for undergraduate teaching in financial management programs, MBA, and MPAcc classrooms. It is also highly beneficial for senior and middle-level managers in financial institutions and enterprises to enhance their business management skills.