TY - BOOK AU - Pyles,Mark K. TI - Applied corporate finance: questions, problems and making decisions in the real world T2 - Springer texts in business and economics SN - 9781461491729 U1 - 658.15 23 PY - 2014/// CY - New York : PB - Springer, KW - Corporations KW - Finance N1 - Includes index; 1. In the Beginning -- 2. Financial Statement Analysis -- 3. Cash Flow: Easy come, easy go -- 4. The Right Frame of Time -- 5. Capital Structure: Borrow it! -- 6. Capital Structure: Sell it off! -- 7. The Rocky Marriage of Risk and Return -- 8. This is so WACC!! -- 9. Capital Budgeting Decisions: The end of the roads meets the beginning of another-- Appendices-- Index N2 - This book leads readers to truly understand the principles behind corporate finance in a real world context from both a firm and investor perspective. The focus of this text is on traditional theory applied to a holistic business case study, offering readers both a quantitative and qualitative perspective on such topics as capital budgeting, time value of money, corporate risk, and capital structure. Each section in the book corresponds to the order in which a business makes key financial decisions-as opposed to level of difficulty-allowing readers to grasp a comprehensive understanding of the corporate financial life cycle. Directly addressing the area of corporate finance in an applied setting, and featuring numerous case examples and end-of-chapter discussion questions and problems, this textbook will appeal to advanced undergraduates majoring in finance, graduate-level students, as well as professionals in need of a quick refresher on corporate financial policy. ER -