Short introduction to corporate finance / Raghavendra Rau
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017
Descript
xi, 182 pages ; 22 cm
SUMMARY
"The Short Introduction to Corporate Finance provides an accessibly written guide to contemporary financial institutional practice. Rau deploys both his professional expertise and experience of teaching MBA and graduate-level courses to produce a lively discussion of the key concepts of finance, liberally illustrated with real-world examples. Built around six essential paradigms, he builds an integrated framework covering all the major ideas in finance over the past half-century. Ideal for students and practitioners alike, it will become core reading for anyone aspiring to become an effective manager"-- Provided by publisher
"The Short Introduction to Corporate Finance provides an accessibly-written guide to contemporary financial institutional practice. Rau deploys both his professional expertise and experience of teaching MBA and graduate- level courses to produce a lively discussion of the key concepts of finance, liberally illustrated with real-world examples"-- Provided by publisher
CONTENT
Who are the players in corporate finance? -- NPV and the investment decision of the firm -- Portfolio theory and the discount rate -- Capital structure theory -- Option pricing theory -- Asymmetric information -- Market efficiency -- Wrapping it up