Table of Contents

Part I - Overview Chapter 1 - Introduction to Corporate Finance Chapter 2 - Financial Statements and Cash Flow Chapter 3 - Financial Statements Analysis and Long-Term Planning Part II - Valuation and Capital Budgeting Chapter 4 - Discounted Cash Flow Valuation Chapter 5 - Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules Chapter 6 - Making Capital Investment Decisions Chapter 7 - Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting Chapter 8 - Interest Rates and Bond Valuation Chapter 9 - How to Value Stocks Part III - Risk Chapter 10 - Risk and Return: Lessons from Market History Chapter 11 - Return and Risk: The Capital Asset Pricing Model Chapter 12 - An Alternative View of Risk and Return: The Arbitrage Pricing Theory Chapter 13 - Risk, Cost of Capital, and Valuation Part IV - Capital Structure and Dividend Policy Chapter 14 - Efficient Capital Markets and Behavioral Challenges Chapter 15 - Long-Term Financing: An Introduction Chapter 16 - Capital Structure: Basic Concepts Chapter 17 - Capital Structure: Limits to the Use of Debt Chapter 18 - Valuation and Capital Budgeting for the Levered Firm Chapter 19 - Dividends and Other Payouts Part V - Long-Term Financing Chapter 20 - Raising Capital Chapter 21 - Leasing Part VI - Options, Futures, and Corporate Finance Chapter 22 - Options and Corporate Finance Chapter 23 - Options and Corporate Finance: Extensions and Applications Chapter 24 - Warrants and Convertibles Chapter 25 - Derivatives and Hedging Risk Part VII - Short-Term Finance Chapter 26 - Short-Term Finance and Planning Chapter 27 - Cash Management Chapter 28 - Credit and Inventory Management Part VIII - Special Topics Chapter 29 - Mergers and Acquisitions Chapter 30 - Financial Distress Chapter 31 - International Corporate Finance

About the Author

Stephen A. Ross e Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics presso la Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Randolph W. Westerfield e Dean Emeritus della Marshall School of Business nella University of Southern California, dove e Charles B. Thornton Professor of Finance. Jeffrey E. Jaffe ha scritto per numerosi anni su autorevoli riviste di economia e finanza.