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Plan of the book

Chapter 3

Financial (accounting)

statements and their

interpretation

Chapter 1

Introduction

Chapter 2

A framework for

financial decision

making

Chapter 7

Portfolio theory

and its relevance

to real investment

decisions

Chapter 4

Investment

appraisal

methods

Chapter 5

Practical aspects

of investment

appraisal

Chapter 6

Risk in

investment

appraisal

Chapter 16

Small

businesses

Chapter 13

Management

of working

capital

Chapter 14

Corporate

restructuring

(including

takeovers and

divestments)

Chapter 15

International

aspects of

business

finance

Appendices Glossary References Index

Chapter 11

Gearing,

the cost of

capital and

shareholders’

wealth

Chapter 12

The dividend

decision

Chapter 8

Sources of

long-term

finance

Chapter 9

The secondary

capital market

(the stock

exchange) and

its efficiency

Chapter 10

Cost of

capital

estimations

and the

discount rate

Part 4 Integrated decisions

Part 3 Financing decisions

Part 2 Investment decisions

Part 1 The business finance environment

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