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Block Foundations of Financial Management is a proven and successful text recognized for its excellent writing style and step-by-step explanations that make the content relevant and easy to understand. The text's approach focuses on the "nuts and bolts" of finance with clear and thorough treatment of concepts and applications. Block provides a strong review of accounting and early coverage of working capital (or short term) financial management before covering the Time Value of Money. Foundations of Financial Management is committed to making finance accessible to students. This text has stood the test of time due to the authors' commitment to quality revisions.

By (author): Block, Stanley B.

Section 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: The Goals and Functions of Financial Management
Section 2: Financial Analysis and Planning
Chapter 2: Review of Accounting
Chapter 3: Financial Analysis
Chapter 4: Financial Forecasting
Chapter 5: Operating and Financial Leverage
Section 3: Working Capital Management
Chapter 6: Working Capital and the Financing Decision
Chapter 7: Current Asset Management
Chapter 8: Sources of Short-term Financing
Section 4: The Capital Budgeting Process
Chapter 9: The Time Value of Money
Chapter 10: Valuation and Rates of Return
Chapter 11: Cost of Capital
Chapter 12: The Capital Budgeting Decision
Chapter 13: Risk and Capital Budgeting
Section 5: Long-term Financing
Chapter 14: Capital Markets
Chapter 15: Investment Underwriting: Public and Private Placement
Chapter 16: Long-term Debt and Lease Financing
Chapter 17: Common and Preferred Stock Financing
Chapter 18: Dividend Policy and Retained Earnings
Chapter 19: Derivative Securities
Section 6: Expanding the Perspective of Corporate Finance
Chapter 20: External Growth through Mergers
Chapter 21: International Financial Management

Geoffrey A. Hirt is currently Professor of Finance at DePaul University and Director of Equity Research at Mesirow Financial. He received his PhD in Finance from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, his MBA from Miami University of Ohio and his BA from Ohio-Wesleyan University. Geoff has directed the Chartered Financial Analysts Study program for the Investment Analysts Society of Chicago since 1987. From 1987 to 1997 he was Chairman of the Finance Department at DePaul University and taught investments, corporate finance, and strategic planning. He developed and was director of DePaul's MBA program in Hong Kong and has taught in Poland, Germany, Thailand, and Hong Kong. Geoff has published several books. The sixth edition of Fundamentals of Investment Management was released in July 1998 and is published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. Additionally, Geoff is well known for his book Fundamentals of Financial Management published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. Now in its eighth edition, this book is used at over 600 colleges and universities worldwide, and it has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish. Geoff plays tennis and golf, is a music lover, and enjoys travelling with his wife, Linda.

J. Douglas Short instructs in finance, investments, and accounting theory at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT). He has also instructed a variety of finance courses at the undergraduate and graduate level for the University of Alberta, the University of Lethbridge, and Grant MacEwan College. Doug has also lectured, reviewed exams and developed course materials for the CGA Association of Canada.
Doug Short received his MBA from the University of Alberta in 1980. During the winter months, which are lengthy in Northern Alberta, Doug enjoys cross-country skiing, the theatre, and the symphony. During the summer he enjoys a round of golf and hiking in the mountains. In 2001, Doug coached a juvenile boys basketball team to a second place finish in Alberta’s provincial championship and he is currently the President of NASA (NAIT Academic Staff Association).