The first book devoted exclusively to modern advanced corporate finance, this volume provides a comprehensive exploration of theoretical and empirical literature on corporate financial policies and strategies—particularly those of U.S. nonfinancial firms—defined in rational, economic terms. Throughout, Cases in Point show theory in relation to financial decisions made by specific firms; and Real-World Focus highlights numerous articles from the financial press, providing insights from practitioners' points of view. Empirical Perspectives On The Financial Characteristics Of Publicly Traded U.S. Nonfinancial Firms. Valuation And Financing Decisions In An Ideal Capital Market. Separation Of Ownership And Control, Principal-Agent Conflicts, And Financial Policies. Information Asymmetry And The Markets For Corporate Securities. The Roles Of Government, Securities Markets, Financial Institutions, Ownership Structure, Board Oversight, And Contract Devices. The Leverage Decision. Analyses Of The Firm And The Valuation Of Equity And Debt. Industry Analysis And Financial Policies And Strategies. The Firm's Environment, Governance, Strategy, Operations, And Financial Structure. Market Efficiency, Event Studies, Cost Of Equity Capital, And Equity Valuation. Corporate Bonds: Terms, Issuance, And Valuation. Private Equity And Venture Capital. Initial Public Offerings Of Stock. Managing Internal Equity And Seasoned Equity Offerings. Dividend Policy And Stock Repurchases. Corporate Liabilities: Strategic Selections Of Lenders And Contract Terms. Mergers, Acquisitions, Takeovers, And Buyouts. Financial Distress And Restructuring. Debt Restructuring, Being Acquired, Bankruptcy, Reorganization, And Liquidation. Organizational Architecture, Risk Management, And Security Design. For CEOs and CFOs of corporations, senior lending officers at commercial banks, and senior officers and analysts at investment banks.

Advanced Corporate Finance

Business & Money

O'Connor, Philip F.

Ogden, Joseph

Jen, Frank C.

Economics

Pearson

A season for unnatural causes: Stories (Illinois short fiction)

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

University of Illinois Press

FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION, First Printing, University of Illinois Press #531-7, © 1975. Published concurrent with hardcover. Part of the Illinois Short Fiction Series. Stories include: 'The Escape Artist,' 'The Disciple,' 'Fire,' 'The Pony Track,' 'Cold Places,' 'The Chairman's Party.' 'Other Lives,' 'Getting Up The Stairs,' 'Constants' and 'The Thumb'. Disc: Digest-sized paperback, 116 pages, 20 cm.

A Season For Unnatural Causes

History & Criticism

In an effort to reestablish communication with his son, Benjamin Dunne volunteers to manage the boy's baseball team and becomes increasingly obsessed with winning as his family life continues to deteriorate

Stealing Home

Alfred.A. Knopf

The world of Brendan, a teenager with Down's Syndrome, collapses when his mother dies, his father fails him, and he is left in an institution, struggling to control his own life

Finding Brendan

United States

Summit Books

Old Morals, Small Continents, Darker Times

Thirteen short stories reveal the author's Irish-American roots as well as his understanding of human frailty

University Of Iowa Press

Young officer Thomas Hanlon encounters the dilemma of moral responsibility and questions the distinctions between good and evil when he meets the formidible Major Shea at Greenham Common in the 1950s

Defending Civilization

Grove Pr

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