Description
This 2nd edition contains cases in the form of Conceptual Cases and Business Application Cases developed for select chapters. Four new chapters Valuation of Securities, Risk and Return, Corporate Risk Management and Options added. Majority of chapters enlarged. Number of Illustrations (solved examples) increased in most of the chapters. New Problems (unsolved exercises) also added. In the last chapter, Cases in Financial Management, comprehensive cases have been introduced. Out of these, three cases along with illustrated case analysis given. Additionally, ten unsolved comprehensive cases are given. All topics, illustrations, problems, tables and diagrams are decimally numbered for easy location. Self evaluation exercises have been appended at the end of each chapter. The student CD included with present edition contains solutions to the unsolved exercises given at the end of each chapter. Designed to facilitate teaching with the book, the Tutor CD includes power point slides to enliven the classrooms along with solutions of cases.
Part 1. Fundamental Concepts of Financial Management
1. Introduction to Financial Management
2. Financial System
3. Time Value of Money
4. Valuation of Securities
5. Risk and Return
6. Financial Planning
Part 2. Long term investment decisions
7. Capital Budgeting
8. Risk in Investment Decisions
9. Cost of Capital
Part 3. Working capital management
10. Working Capital Management
11. Receivables Management
12. Cash Management
13. Inventory Management
Part 4. Financing and dividend decisions
14. Sources of Finance
15. Leverages
16. Capitalization
17. Capital Structure
18. Approaches of Capital Structure
19. Management of Profit
20. Dividend Policy
Part 5. Financial analysis, planning and forecasting
21. Analysis of Financial Statements
22. Funds Flow and Cash Flow Statements
23. Budgets and Budgetary Control System
Part 6. Special topics in Financial management
24. International Business Finance
25. Corporate Risk Management
26. Options
27. Contemporary Issues
28. Cases on Financial Management
Dr. Paresh Shah, F.I.C.W.A., Ph.D., Alumni of IIM, Ahmedabad has over two decades of experience in teaching Management Accounting, Financial Accounting, & Financial Management at Post graduate level. He has served as Assistant Professor, Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad & J.D.C. Bytco Institute of Business Management. He is visiting faculty at G. H. Patel Post Graduate Institute of Business Management, Sardar Patel University IIPM, Ahmedabad International Business School, Ahmedabad Wigan & Leigh College, Ahmedabad Anand Institute of Management, Anand & few other Management Schools in Western India. He has more than a decade of professional experience in the area of financial accounting and cost accounting (with TATA group), and is active in consultancy and training.
