Learn to:

• Make sense of the maths and equations associated with corporate finance
• Understand the key concepts and terminology
• Get to grips with accounting statements, cash flow, business valuation, risk management and more

The fast, easy way to get to grips with the basics of corporate finance

The maths, concepts, formulas and problems associated with corporate finance can be daunting to the uninitiated! Corporate Finance For Dummies covers all the basics, including accounting statements, cash flow, raising and managing capital, choosing investments, managing risk, determining dividends, mergers and acquisitions and valuation. It serves as an excellent resource to supplement corporate finance coursework and as a primer for exams.

• Know the whys and wherefores find out what corporate finance is all about, understand the vital role it plays in business organisations and meet the people who use it
• Learn to read Financialese down-to-earth explanations of key terms and calculations (and why they're used) make learning to read complex financial information fast and easy
• Assess assets discover how to accurately assess the current and future values of major assets, including capital assets, stocks, bonds, derivatives and more
• Make risk manageable get the lowdown on Modern Portfolio Theory, capital structure assessment and other core concepts in financial risk management
• Rate performance learn to measure a company's financial performance, forecast future performance and assess the performance of other companies for potential mergers and acquisitions

Open the book and find:

• Plain-English definitions of corporate finance jargon
• Ratio analysis techniques for making financial statements useful
• The main ways corporations can raise capital
• The lowdown on acquiring, managing and valuing debt
• How to value capital investments, plus stocks, bonds and derivatives
• Ten things you need to know about behavioural finance
• A brief introduction to international finance

Steve Collings is Audit and Technical Director for Leavitt Walmsley Associates Ltd. Steve is a regular contributor to AccountingWEB.co.uk and is the author of IFRS For Dummies and the UK edition of Financial Accounting For Dummies. In 2011, Steve was named Accounting Technician of the Year at the British Accountancy Awards. Michael Taillard, PhD, MBA, owns and operates OPII Schools, an award-winning national private school and tutoring company designed as a philanthropic experiment in macroeconomic cash flows as a form of urban renewal.