Corporate Finance and Financial Markets have emerged as significant field of study in the finance. The purpose of this book is to acquaint the M.Com., BBA, B.Com., M.Phil. and Ph.D. (Management) students with the contents and latest developments in field of Corporate Finance. Though primarily meant to be a textbook on Corporate Finance and Finance Markets for management students, the book promises to be of interest to management practitioners, administrators, executives as well in the banking, finance and credit sector.
The book has been written based on the syllabus AICTE, UGC and some Universities where Corporate Finance / Financial Management is a subject in MBA and Commerce. Besides, the book covers the syllabus of BBA, B.Com., M.Com., M.Phil. and Ph.D.(Mgt). The book covers latest topics on Corporate Finance and Indian Financial System.
The opening and closing case studies with suggestive answers in all of the chapters, link theoretical concepts with the real world scenarios and make this book extremely student-friendly. At the end of each chapter, multiple choice questions with most appropriate answers, short answer type questions and descriptive questions have been given to enable the students to test their post reading acquisition of knowledge. Each chapter contains precise chapter contents / objectives and brief introduction. The book is knowledge based, industry experienced based, teaching experience based and research based. The volume of the text has intentionally been limited on suit the time, need and syllabus of the readers.
The book will also prove to be useful for the officials of the Public and Private Sector Banks, RRBs, Cooperative Sector Banks and Financial Corporations who are according priority for expansion and promoting Corporate Finance.
Contents –
Unit I: INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE
1: Corporate Finance – An Overview
2: Time Value of Money
3: Concept of Risk and Return
4: Valuation of Stocks and Bonds
Unit II: CAPITAL BUDGETING, CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND COST OF CAPITAL
5: Capital Budgeting Decisions
6: Capital Structure Decisions
7: Cost of Capital
Unit III: WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND DIVIDEND DECISIONS
8: Working Capital Management
9: Working Capital – Inventory Management
10: Working Capital – Cash Management
11: Working Capital – Receivables Management
12: Dividend Decisions
Unit IV: INDIAN FINANCIAL SYSTEM
13: Introduction to Financial System
14: Financial Institutions
15: Financial Markets
16: Financial Instruments
17: Issue Management
Unit V: FINANCIAL – SOURCES, RATIO ANALYSIS, LEVERAGES AND DISTRESS
18: Sources of Finance
19: Financial Ratio Analysis
20: Leverages
21: Corporate Financial Distress
Unit VI: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING AND EMERGING FINANCIAL CONCEPTS
22: International Financial Management
23: Corporate Restructuring
24: New Economic Policy
25: Break-even Analysis
ANNEXURE
Model Test Papers
Question Bank