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PART 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS. 1. An Overview of Financial Management. 2. Risk and Return: Part I. 3. Risk and Return: Part II. 4. Bond Valuation. 5. Basic Stock Valuation. 6. Financial Options. 7. Accounting for Financial Management. 8. Analysis of Financial Statements. PART 2: Corporate Valuation. 9. Financial Planning and Forecasting Financial Statements. 10. Determining the Cost of Capital. 11. Corporate Value and Value-Based Management. PART 3: PROJECT VALUATION. 12. Capital Budgeting: Decision Criteria. 13. Capital Budgeting: Estimating Cash Flows and Analyzing Risk. 14. Real Options. PART 4: STRATEGIC FINANCING DECISIONS. 15. Capital Structure Decisions: Part I. 16. Capital Structure Decisions: Part II. 17. Distributions to Shareholders: Dividends and Repurchases. PART 5: TACTICAL FINANCING DECISIONS. 18. Initial Public Offerings, Investment Banking, and Financial Restructuring. 19. Lease Financing. 20. Hybrid Financing: Preferred Stock, Warrants, and Convertibles. PART 6: WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. 21. Working Capital Management. 22. Providing and Obtaining Credit. 23. Other Topics in Working Capital Management. PART 7: SPECIAL TOPICS. 24. Derivatives and Risk Management. 25. Bankruptcy, Reorganization, and Liquidation. 26. Mergers, LBOs, Divestitures, and Holding Companies. 27. Multinational Financial Management. WEB CHAPTERS. 28. Time Value of Money. 29. Basic Financial Tools: A Review. 30. Pension Plan Management. 31. Financial Management in Not-for-Profit Businesses.