pt. 1. Overview of corporate finance -- 1. Introduction to corporate finance -- 2. Financial statements, taxes, and cash flow -- pt. 2. Financial statements and long-term financial planning -- 3. Working with financial statements -- 4. Long-term financial planning and growth -- pt. 3. Valuation of future cash flows -- 5. Introduction to valuation : the time value of money -- 6. Discounted cash flow valuation -- 7. Interest rates and bond valuation -- 8. Stock valuation -- pt. 4. Capital budgeting -- 9. Net present value and other investment criteria -- 10. Making capital investment decisions -- 11. Project analysis and evaluation -- pt. 5. Risk and return -- 12. Some lessons from capital market history -- 13. Return, risk, and the security market line -- pt. 6. Cost of capital and long-term financial policy -- 14. Cost of capital -- 15. Raising capital -- 16. Financial leverage and capital structure policy -- 17. Dividends and dividend policy -- pt. 7. Short-term financial planning and management -- 18. Short-term finance and planning -- 19. Cash and liquidity management -- Appendix 19A. Determining the target cash balance -- 20. Credit and inventory management -- Appendix 20A. More on credit policy analysis -- pt. 8. Topics in corporate finance -- 21. International corporate finance -- 22. Risk management : an introduction to financial engineering -- 23. Options and corporate securities -- Appendix 23A. The Black-Scholes option pricing model -- 24. Mergers and acquisitions -- 25. Leasing.