Corporate Finance

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface

CHAPTER ONE

1. Introduction to Financial Management

CHAPTER TWO

FORMS OF BUSINESS OWNERSHIP

2.1 Introduction

CHAPTER THREE

SOURCES OF BUSINESS FINANCE

3.1 Introduction

CHAPTER FOUR

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

4.0 Introduction

CHAPTER FIVE

CAPITAL STRUCTURE

5.1 Capital Structure Definition

CHAPTER SIX

COST OF CAPITAL

6.1 Introduction

CHAPTER SEVEN

TIME VALUE OF MONEY

7. 1 Introduction

CHAPTER EIGHT

INVESTMENT APPRAISAL

8.0 What is Investment Appraisal?

CHAPTER NINE

INVESTMENT APPRAISAL UNDER RISK CONSIDERATIONS

9.0 Introduction

CHAPTER TEN

CAPITAL RATIONING

10.1 Introduction

CHAPTER ELEVEN

INVESTMENT APPRAISAL FOR PUBLIC SECTOR

11.1 Introduction

CHAPTER TWELVE

PORTFOLIO THEORY

12.1 Introduction

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

CASH MANAGEMENT

13.1 Introduction

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

COST VOLUME PROFIT ANALYSIS

14.1 Introduction

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION TO

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1.1. Introduction

Financial management as a discipline originated from other disciplines, which began long time ago. The discipline has not existed from its own rather it has borrowed part of its subject matters from disciplines like economics and Quantitative techniques. Financial management is a discipline that deals with how best resources can be acquired and utilized in a best effective ways.

The acquisition of resources and best utilization of these resources is a key subject matter of financial management. Both profit oriented business organizations and non-profit making organizations need to understand and appreciate the importance of applying financial management principles and concepts to the best advantages of their organizations. The application will provide insights on how companies measure and improve their financial performances in diversity ways. In the modern business today there are practical examples of organizations, which failed to apply financial management, and thus their financial performances have been impaired.