TY - BOOK AU - Peirson,C.G. AU - Brown,Rob AU - Easton,Graham AU - Howard,Peter TI - Business finance SN - 9780074703649 AV - HG4271 .P44 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - Sydney, New York PB - McGraw-Hill (Australia) N1 - 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. ER -