Includes index.

Includes bibliographies.

Introduction -- Consumption, investment and the capital market -- The time value of money: an introduction to financial mathematics -- Applying the time value of money to security valuation -- Project evaluation: principles and methods -- The application of project evaluation methods -- Portfolio theory and asset pricing -- The capital market -- Sources of short-term debt -- Sources of long-term finance: equity -- Sources of long term finance: debt -- Dividend decisions -- Principles of capital structure -- Capital structure decisions -- The cost of capital and taxation issues in project evaluation -- Leasing and equipment finance -- Capital market efficiency -- Futures contracts -- Options and contingent claims -- Analysis of takeovers -- International financial management -- Management of short-term assets: an introduction -- Inventory management -- Liquidity management -- Accounts receivable management.