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Financial management : an Irish text / Thomas Power, Stephen Walsh and Paul O'Meara.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Dublin : Gill & Macmillan, 2009.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xv, 638 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0717145549 (pbk.)
  • 9780717145546 (pbk.)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

· Categorises and analyses the main sources of finance, with discussions on raising equity and the bond markets · Examines strategic financial decision-making, with chapters on: investment appraisal, including an intuitive discussion on real options; financial forecasting and planning; and the cost of capital and capital structure · In the context of recent turmoil in financial markets, a theoretical discussion on money markets and interest rates and the yield curve is provided

· Incorporates an overview of the key paradigms in finance

· An entirely new section on 'special topics' includes an examination of derivatives and a discussion on international financial management

· Suitable for third level and professional accountancy students taking finance as a major subject and for those studying finance as part of a non-finance course

· Each chapter contains the following:

- a set of learning objectives - a comprehensive executive summary - newspaper vignettes introducing students to real-life situations - end of chapter questions (including general reviews and concept questions) and computational and mathematical problems Accompanied by an expanded lecturers' and students' website containing: more challenging questions; PowerPoint presentation material; new multiple choice questions; study tips; and extensive web links

Previous ed.: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Thomas Power, BA (Hons), MBS (Finance) lectures in Finance and Economics at the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology.

Stephen Walsh BA (Mod), MA (NUI) (Economics) lectures in Investment Analysis and Financial Mathematics at the Faculty of the Built Environment, Dublin Institute of Technology.

Paul O'Meara BA (Hons), MA (Economics) lectures in Finance and Decision Making Techniques in the School of Business at Athlone Institute of Technology.

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