Eddie McLaney is Visiting Fellow in Accounting and Finance at the University of Plymouth.

• Part 1 The business finance environment
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 A framework for financial decision making
• Chapter 3 Financial (accounting) statements and their interpretation
• Part 2 Investment decisions
• Chapter 4 Investment appraisal methods
• Chapter 5 Practical aspects of investment appraisal
• Chapter 6 Risk in investment appraisal
• Chapter 7 Portfolio theory and its relevance to real investment decisions
• Part 3 Financing decisions
• 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
• Chapter 11 Gearing, the cost of capital and shareholders’ wealth
• Chapter 12 The dividend decision
• Part 4 Integrated decisions
• Chapter 13 Management of working capital
• Chapter 14 Corporate restructuring (including takeovers and divestments)
• Chapter 15 International aspects of business finance
• Chapter 16 Small businesses
• Glossary
• References
• Index