Finance for Executives or Business Law

Finance for Executives: Managing for Value Creation

Author: Gabriel Hawawini

FINANCE FOR EXECUTIVES: MANAGING FOR VALUE CREATION, 3e is ideal for the future manager or experienced executive who recognizes the importance of using financial information to maximize firm value. Respected authors Gabriel Hawawini and Claude Viallet have translated their wealth of experience into a concise, analytically sound introduction to financial management that is neither too simplistic nor too theoretical. Based on modern finance principles, the book presents the most recent financial data and latest references with a level of practicality and rigorous analysis appropriate for today's experienced executive—without complicated formulas that have no direct application to decision making. Each chapter is self-contained—providing ultimate flexibility for teaching and making the book an excellent source for reference or self-learning beyond the traditional classroom. This book is perfect for executive education, executive MBA courses, or any course where you want to translate theory into practice or use a case approach. A strong problem-scenario approach presents concepts within the context of financial management problems that executives commonly face. In addition, consistent case studies analyze the same set of companies throughout the text to provide a common thread that reinforces learning.

Table of Contents:

PART I: INTRODUCTION. 1. Financial Management and Value Creation: An Overview. 2. Understanding Balance Sheets and Income Statements. PART II: FINANCIAL DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT. 3. Assessing Liquidity and Operational Efficiency. 4. Measuring Cash Flows. 5. Diagnosing Profitability, Risk, and Growth. PART III: INVESTMENT DECISIONS. 6. Using the Net Present Value Rule to Make Value-Creating Investment Decisions. 7. Alternatives to the Net Present Value Rule. 8. Identifying and Estimating a Project's Cash Flows. PART IV: FINANCING DECISIONS. 9. Raising Capital and Valuing Securities. 10. Estimating the Cost of Capital. 11. Designing a Capital Structure. PART V: BUSINESS DECISIONS. 12. Valuing and Acquiring a Business. 13. Making Value-Creating Decisions in an International Environment. 14. Managing for Value Creation.

Books about economics: The Suburb Reader or Accounting for Decision Making and Control

Business Law: Principles for Today's Commercial Environment

Author: David P Twomey

Not only helping you to ace your business law course, BUSINESS LAW: PRINCIPLES FOR TODAY'S COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT, Second Edition, also provides the information and resources to assist you in studying for the CPA exam. Based on the #1 business law summarized case text on the market today, this excerpted case version helps you grasp key legal concepts and principles, reinforcing your understanding with applications and examples of real-world dilemmas, issues, and problems. Current, comprehensive, easy-to-understand and fascinating to read, BUSINESS LAW will help you prepare you for every class lecture and gives you all the resources you need to do your best on exams.

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	About the Authors
Pt. 1	The Legal and Social Environment of Business	1
1	The Nature and Sources of Law	2
2	The Court System and Dispute Resolution	11
3	Business Ethics, Social Forces, and the Law	31
4	The Constitution as the Foundation of the Legal Environment	57
5	Government Regulation of Competition and Prices	85
6	Administrative Agencies	106
7	The Legal Environment of International Trade	127
8	Crimes	153
9	Torts	181
10	Intellectual Property Rights and the Internet	210
11	Cyberlaw	238
Pt. 2	Contracts	265
12	Nature and Classes of Contracts: Contracting on the Internet	266
13	Formation of Contracts: Offer and Acceptance	277
14	Capacity and Genuine Assent	295
15	Consideration	315
16	Legality and Public Policy	329
17	Writing, Electronic Forms, and Interpretation of Contracts	346
18	Third Persons and Contracts	366
19	Discharge of Contracts	379
20	Breach of Contract and Remedies	396
Pt. 3	Sales and Leases of Goods	411
21	Personal Property and Bailments	412
22	Nature and Form of Sales	430
23	Legal Aspects of Supply Chain Management: Title and Risk of Loss	456
24	Product Liability: Warranties and Torts	485
25	Obligations and Performance	514
26	Remedies for Breach of Sales Contracts	534
Pt. 4	Negotiable Instruments	553
27	Kinds of Instruments, Parties, and Negotiability	554
28	Transfers of Negotiable Instruments and Warranties of Parties	570
29	Liability of the Parties Under Negotiable Instruments	590
30	Checks and Funds Transfers	607
Pt. 5	Debtor-Creditor Relationships	635
31	Nature of the Debtor-Creditor Relationship	636
32	Consumer Protection	655
33	Secured Transactions in Personal Property	680
34	Bankruptcy	709
Pt. 6	Agency and Employment	735
35	Agency	736
36	Third Persons in Agency	761
37	Regulation of Employment	782
38	Equal Employment Opportunity Law	811
Pt. 7	Business Organizations	841
39	Types of Business Organizations	842
40	Partnerships	858
41	LTDs., LLCs and LLPs	883
42	Corporation Formation	903
43	Management of Corporations	926
44	Shareholder Rights in Corporations	952
45	Securities Regulation	974
46	Accountants' Liability and Malpractice	1005
Pt. 8	Real Property and Estates	1029
47	Real Property	1030
48	Environmental Law and Land Use Controls	1053
49	Insurance	1075
50	Leases	1098
51	Decedents' Estates and Trusts	1116
App. A	How to Find the Law	1139
App. B	The Constitution of the United States	1142
	Index	1153