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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780889603321

Autore

Bierman Harold

Titolo

An introduction to accounting and managerial finance [[electronic resource] ] : a merger of equals / / Harold Bierman, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2010

ISBN

1-282-75815-2

9786612758157

981-4273-83-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Disciplina

657

Soggetti

Corporations - Accounting

Corporations - Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Finance, accounting and corporate objectives -- The time value of money -- An introduction to financial reporting -- Capital budgeting -- The income statement -- Comparing the use of cash flows and incomes -- Depreciation expense -- Long-term liabilities -- Stockholders' equity -- Distributions to shareholders -- Capital structure : weighted average cost of capital (WACC) -- Buy versus lease -- Preferred stock -- Managerial performance -- Mergers and acquisitions: consolidations -- Convertible bonds -- Inventories -- The cash flow statement.

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces corporate financial management, based on the basic capital budgeting framework and the time value of money. It focuses on theoretical formulations and correct application of financial techniques that will help improve managerial and financial decisions. Based on fundamental principles of accounting and finance like time value of money and after-tax, it introduces readers to real-world constraints and complexities in the two fields. Written in a simple and accessible manner. It can be read by students of finance and accounting courses, business professionals and general