Ross, Essentials of Corporate Finance, 10e, focuses on what undergraduate students with widely varying backgrounds and interests need to carry away from a core course in business or corporate finance. The goal is to convey the most important concepts and principles at a level that is approachable for the widest possible audience. To achieve this goal, subjects are distilled down to its bare essentials (hence, the name of this book), while retaining a decidedly modern approach to finance. Also, understanding the "why" is just as important, if not more so, than understanding the "how"-especially in an introductory course.

　　Readability and pedagogy are key. Essentials is written in a relaxed, conversational style that invites the students to join in the learning process rather than being a passive information absorber. Essentials downplays purely theoretical issues and minimizes the use of extensive and elaborate calculations to illustrate points that are either intuitively obvious or of limited practical use.

　　There are three basic themes visible throughout Essentials: emphasis on intuition/commonsense, a unified valuation approach, and a managerial focus.

作者簡介

Randolph W. Westerfield

　　現職：University of Southern California

Bradford D. Jordan

　　現職：University of Kentucky

PART I: OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Ch 1 Introduction to Financial Management

PART II: UNDERSTANDING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND CASH FLOW
Ch 2 Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow
Ch 3 Working with Financial Statements

PART III: VALUATION OF FUTURE CASH FLOWS
Ch 4 Introduction to Valuation: The Time Value of Money
Ch 5 Discounted Cash Flow Valuation

PART IV: VALUING STOCKS AND BONDS
Ch 6 Interest Rates and Bond Valuation
Ch 7 Equity Markets and Stock Valuation

PART V: CAPITAL BUDGETING
Ch 8 Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria
Ch 9 Making Capital Investment Decisions

PART VI: RISK AND RETURN
Ch10 Some Lessons from Capital Market History
Ch11 Risk and Return

PART VII: LONG-TERM FINANCING
Ch12 Cost of Capital
Ch13 Leverage and Capital Structure
Ch14 Dividends and Dividend Policy
Ch15 Raising Capital

PART VIII: SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Ch16 Short-Term Financial Planning
Ch17 Working Capital Management

PART IX: TOPICS IN BUSINESS FINANCE
Ch18 International Aspects of Financial Management