TY - BOOK AU - Van Horne,James C TI - Financial management and policy / SN - 0133153746 U1 - 658.15 21 PY - 1974/// CY - New Jersey : PB - Prentice-Hall INC., KW - Financial analysis KW - Financial management KW - Financial policy KW - Financial and dividen policies KW - Capital market finance N1 - Includes preface p. xv; Includes appendixes: 1. present value tables p. 717 -- 2. Normal probability distribution table p. 727 -- 3. Solutions to selected problems p. 729; Includes index p. 735; Part one: 1. The goals and functions of finance -- 2. Concepts in valuation -- 3. Portfolio theory and efficien market considerations --; Part two: Investment in assets and acceptance criterion: 4. Principles of capital budgeting -- 5. Cost of capital -- 6. Information neede to evaluate risky investments I -- 7. Information needed to evaluate risky investments II -- 8. The evaluation of risky investments --; Part three: Financing and dividend policies: 9. Theory of capital structure -- 10. Capital structure decision of the firm -- 11. Dividends and valuation 12. Dividend policy of the firm --; Part four: Long-term financing: 13. Investment banking and common stock -- 14. Long-term debt and preferred stock -- 15. Convertible securities and warrants --; Part five: Management of liquidity and current assets: 16. Liquidity structure of assets and liabilities -- 17. Management of cash and marketable securities -- 18. Management of accounts receivable -- 19. Inventory management --; Part six: Short - and intermediate - term financing: 20. Trade credit and commercial paper -- 21. Short-term loans -- 22. Intermediate-term debt financing -- 23. Lease financing --; Part seven: Expansion and contraction -- 24. Mergers and consolidations -- 25. Business failure and reorganization --; Part eight: The tools of financial analysis and control: 26. Financial ratio analysis -- 27. Funds-flow analysis and financial forecasting -- 28. Analysis of operating and financial leverage ER -