Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Overview of Corporate
Finance
The Balancing Act of Corporate
Finance
The Financial Leverage Concept
Impact of Compensation on Leverage
Creditor Position Considerations
Timing of Changes to the Capital
Structure
Chapter 3 - Financial Planning
The Reliability of Cash Flow
Information
Components of the Budgeted Balance
Sheet
Additional Estimation Elements
Chapter 4 - Early-Stage Financing
Chapter 5 - The Initial Public
Offering
Reasons for and Against an IPO
Chapter 6 - Other Capital Raising
Alternatives
Private Investments in Public Equity
Limits on Advertising and Promoters
Chapter 9 - The Cost of Capital
Weighted Average Cost of Capital
Variations in the Cost of Capital
Adjustments to the Cost of Capital
Cost of Capital as a Threshold Value
Chapter 10 - Discounted Cash Flows
Present and Future Value Tables
Incremental Internal Rate of Return
Inclusions in Cash Flow Analysis
Chapter 11 - Working Capital
Management
The Impact of Working Capital on
Corporate Finance
Accounts Receivable Enhancements
Researching Working Capital
Enhancements
Chapter 12 - Capital Expenditures
Overview of Capital Expenditures
Capital Expenditure Proposal
Analysis
Chapter 13 - Investment Alternatives
U.S. Government Debt Instruments
State and Local Government Debt
The Primary and Secondary Markets
The Discounted Investment Formula
Chapter 14 - Dividends and Other
Payouts
Deciding Between a Dividend and a
Buyback
Chapter 15 - Mergers and
Acquisitions
The Geographic Growth Strategy
The Product Supplementation Strategy
The Vertical Integration Strategy
The Adjacent Industry Strategy
The Valuation Floor and Ceiling
Issues Impacting the Stock Payment Decision
Stock Payment Based on Fixed Share
Count or Fixed Price
Chapter 16 - Foreign Exchange Risk
Management
Foreign Exchange Risk Overview
Foreign Exchange Risk Management
Types of Foreign Exchange Hedges
Loan Denominated in a Foreign
Currency
Chapter 17 - Interest Rate Risk
Management
Chapter 18 - Supply Chain Financing
Chapter 19 - Corporate Finance
Measurements
Days Sales in Accounts Receivable
Actual Cash Position versus Forecast