Business : Corporate Finance

An easy-to-use guide to financial analysis. Essentials of Financial Analysis shows how to analyze a company as a prospective investment. This one-stop resource includes a basic introduction to accounting; shows how to use ratio analysis to evaluate a company's profit, liquidity, and solvency; and provides actual financial statements of a variety of companies as illustrations. more...

Price: $34.95

All public and private companies are required by law to appoint a company secretary. If you are setting up a company or will be acting as the company secretary, this book will help you get to grips with all the basic aspects of compliance required by the Companies Act. It helps you get it right from the start, preventing problems arising during the day to day administration of a company and avoiding potentially costly omissions. Just as importantly, it will enable you to recognise when to turn to a chartered secretary or a solicitor for advice. more...

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The cost of capital concept has myriad applications in business decision-making. The standard methodology for deriving cost of capital estimates is based on the seminal Modigliani-Miller analyses. This book generalizes this framework to include non-debt tax shields (e.g., depreciation), interactions between the borrowing rate and tax shields, and default considerations. It develops several new results and shows how better cost of capital and marginal tax rate estimates can be generated. The book's unified cost of capital theory is discussed with comprehensive numerical examples and graphical illustrations. This book will be of interest to corporate managers, academics, investment bankers, governmental agencies, and private companies that generate cost of capital estimates for public consumption. more...

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Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting, New Seriesis a continuation (with new features) of the similarly titled book series that was previously published by JAI Press from 1991. AQAFANS is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. It is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting, as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting, applied research in the financial community, and the accounting profession. more...

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''M&A financing and refinancing can be a path to progressÑstarting today, as you read the ideas in this book and dream up your own.'' --Alex Sheshunoff, From the Foreword. The expansion of a business through merger or acquisition involves experience. Wisdom. The ability to envision how two or more combined companies can equal far more than the sum of their parts. It also involves, more often than not, the use of ''other people's money.'' THE ART OF M&A FINANCING AND REFINANCING tells you how to obtain and repay that money, taking the complex, technical aspects of M&A finance and making them clear, understandable, and applicable to your situation. This comprehensive reference handbook points you to all the facts, figures, names, and places you need to finance your next deal. Unique in that it concentrates solely on the most fundamental component of the M&A transactionÑmoneyÑ THE ART OF M&A FINANCING AND REFINANCING provides clear-headed advice and guidance on: The key financial sources and instruments you can useÑfor any kind of deal; How to select the most appropriate type of financingÑdebt, equity, or a combination of the two;. Financing via debtÑloans, bonds, and leasesÑand the virtually infinite ways to borrow or lend; Tactics to consider in contracts, including contingent payments, earn-outs, and equity kickers; How to determine when refinancing is necessaryÑand plan for it as a probability; How volatile global events affect economic systemsÑand the impact this has on M&A financing and refinancing; Debt/equity hybrids and the vehicles through which they travelÑincluding mezzanine financing and seller takeback financing. The ability of one company to acquire another has helped companies throughout history grow stronger, more vibrant, and more competitive. Just as your business must establish satisfying relationships with external vendors and suppliers for its component parts and services, it must also become accustomed to using external financing for growth. Let more...

Price: $49.95