Part I: INTRODUCTION.1. The Role and Objective of Financial Management.2. The Domestic and International Financial Marketplace.Appendix 2A: Taxes.3. Evaluation of Financial Performance.4. Financial Planning and Forecasting.Part II: DETERMINANTS OF VALUATION.5. The Time Value of Money.Appendix 5A: Continuous Compounding and Discounting.6. Fixed Income Securities: Characteristics and Valuation.7. Common Stock: Characteristics, Valuation, and Issuance.8. Analysis of Risk and Return.Part III: THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT DECISION.9. Capital Budgeting and Cash Flow Analysis.Appendix 9A: Depreciation.10. Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria and Real Option Considerations.Appendix 10A: Mutually Exclusive Investments Having Unequal Lives.11. Capital Budgeting and Risk.Part IV: THE COST OF CAPITAL, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND DIVIDEND POLICY.12. The Cost of Capital.13. Capital Structure Concepts.14. Capital Structure Management in Practice.Appendix 14A: Breakeven Analysis.15. Dividend Policy.Part V: WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT.16. Working Capital Policy and Short-Term Financing.17. The Management of Cash and Marketable Securities.18. The Management of Accounts Receivable and Inventories.Part VI: ADDITIONAL TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.19. Lease and Intermediate-Term Financing.20. Financing with Derivatives.Appendix 20A: The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model.Appendix 20B: Bond Refunding Analysis.21. Risk Management.22. International Financial Management.23. Corporate Restructuring.