TY - BOOK AU - Block, Stanley B. ; AU - Hirt, Geoffrey A. ; TI - Foundations of financial management SN - 0256131023 U1 - 658.15 PY - 1994/// CY - Burr Ridge, Ill. : PB - Irwin, KW - Corporations -- Finance N1 - Includes Glossary, Index; 1. The Goals and Functions of Financial Management -- 2. Review of Accounting -- 3. Financial Analysis -- 4. Financial Forecasting -- 5. Operating and Financial Leverage -- 6. Working Capital and the Financing Decision -- 7. Current Asset Management -- 8. Sources of Short-Term Financing -- 9. The Time Value of money -- 10. Valuation and Rates of Return -- 11. Cost of Capital -- 12. The Capital Budgeting Decision -- 13. Risk and Capital Budgeting -- 14. Capital Markets -- 15. Investment Banking: Public and Private Placement -- 16. Long-Term Debt and Lease Financing -- 17. Common and Preferred Stock Financing -- 18. Dividend Policy and Retained Earnings -- 19. Convertibles and Warrants -- 20. External Growth through Mergers -- 21. International Financial Management N2 - This text for students on financial management considers contemporary issues featuring companies such as Netscape and America Online. The work contains examples and problems which require the application of several financial concepts ER -