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CFIN: A South-Asian Perspective

Author(s): Scott Besley | Eugene F. Brigham | N. R. Parasuraman

ISBN: 9789387511002

Edition: 2nd

© Year : 2018

₹850

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 456

Trim Size : 279 x 216 mm

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4LTR Press, a Cengage Learning product, is a widely acclaimed concept of learning with a simple approach—creating an innovative teaching and learning solution built around today's learners and teachers. The idea behind bringing out this series of books is to introduce students and teachers in India to an innovative concept in management studies. Since the launch, 4LTR Press has helped more than 1,800,000 college students at over 2,000 schools succeed worldwide.

CFIN2, a 4LTR Press product, takes into account and integrates the inputs from discipline-specific focus groups, conversations, and surveys; and presents the content in a visually-engaging page layout, keeping intact the high-quality content instructors need. It adopts a persuasive visual medium and offers a balanced approach, demonstrating how to use financial information and tools to make business decisions. The book aims at enjoyable reading and easy attention using comprehensive pedagogical features. 

  • Systematic and methodical manner of coverage of topics
  • Visually-appealing presentation
  • Opening with real-life data/information of Indian companies relevant to each chapter
  • Case studies at the end of the book
  • Chapter review pages at the end of each chapter
  • Rich pedagogical features, such as
  1. page-side definitions of important terms
  2. learning outcomes
  3. chapter-end exercises

 

PART1 Introduction to Managerial Finance

Chapter 1 An Overview of Managerial Finance

 

PART 2 Essential Concepts in Managerial Finance

Chapter 2 Analysis of Financial Statements

Chapter 3 The Financial Environment: Markets, Institutions, and Investment Banking

Chapter 4 Time Value of Money

 

PART 3 Valuation—Financial Assets

Chapter 5 The Cost of Money (Interest Rates)

Chapter 6 Bonds (Debt)—Characteristics and Valuation

Chapter 7 Shares (Equity)—Characteristics and Valuation

Chapter 8 Risk and Rates of Return

 

PART 4 Valuation-—Real Assets (Capital Budgeting)

Chapter 9 Capital Budgeting Techniques

Chapter 10 Project Cash Flows and Risk

 

PART 5 Cost of Capital and Capital Structure Concepts

Chapter 11 The Cost of Capital

Chapter 12 Capital Structure

Chapter 13 Distribution of Retained Earnings: Dividends and Stock Repurchases

 

PART 6 Working Capital Management

Chapter 14 Working Capital Policy

Chapter 15 Managing Short-Term Assets

Chapter 16 Managing Short-Term Liabilities (Financing)

 

PART 7 Strategic Planning and Financing Decisions

Chapter 17 Financial Planning and Control

 

Case Studies

Index

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N.R.Parasuraman

Dr. N.R.Parasuraman is the Director and Professor of Finance at SDMIMD, Mysore. He is Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, and a Commerce and Law graduate. His Ph.D. is on Capital Structure of Indian Companies. He has 30 years of experience in diverse areas of finance. Dr. Parasuraman was the company secretary of Federal Bank for five years. He worked as finance manager for KEK group of companies, Trivandrum and as a securities analyst for Joindre Capital Services, Mumbai. He has been into academics full-time for the last 19 years. His special areas of teaching and research are Strategy, Financial Derivatives and Multinational Finance. Dr. Parasuraman was an Adjunct Faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode and is now a visiting faculty at the Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak and Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur. He has published 30 papers and concept articles in various journals. He has authored a book titled Financial Management – a Step by Step approach. His earlier book Fundamentals of Financial Derivatives is very popular among teachers and students.