Corporate Financial Strategy
and Decision Making to Increase Shareholder Value
Harold Bierman
A buzzword on Wall Street,
everyone is interested in increasing "shareholder value." Corporate executives,
CEOs, board members, and managers all talk of ways to maximize shareholder value, while
growing their businesses. In Corporate Financial Strategy and Decision Making, Harold
Bierman discusses all the financial strategies managers should follow to increase
shareholder value. He covers corporate financial planning, financial strategies,
alternative sources of funds, and other financial angles for managers of all levels. This
comprehensive guide also includes in-depth explanations of dividend policy-making, mergers
& acquisitions, capital structure, and risk management.
Preface.
1. Corporate Financial
Planning and Strategy.
2. Common Stock.
3. The Use of Preferred
Stock.
4. The Nature of Debt.
5. The Analysis of Buy Versus
Lease.
6. Convertible Bonds.
7. Financial and Operating
Leverage.
8. Capital Structure: The
Weighted Average Cost of Capital.
9. Dividend Policy.
10. Repurchase of Common Sock
by the Corporate Issuer.
11. Valuation of an
Acquisition.
12. Mergers and Acquisitions.
13. Risk Management.
14. Corporate Capital and the
Put-Call Parity.
15. Performance Measurement.
16. Financial Strategy and
Policy.
17. Ten Ways to Increase
Shareholder Value with Financial Decisions.
Index.
222 pages