TY - BOOK AU - Lumby,Steve AU - Jones,Chris TI - Investment appraisal and financial decisions SN - 9781861522573 AV - HG4011 .L86 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - London PB - International Thompson Business KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Decision making KW - Problems, exercises, etc KW - Capital investments KW - Business enterprises N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Corporate objectives, management objectives and corporate governance -- 2. Strategic planning and the finance function -- 3. Traditional methods of investment appraisal -- 4. The single-period investment consumption decision model -- 5. The discounted cash flow approach -- 6. Net present value and internal rate of return developed -- 7. Project appraisal cash flows -- 8. Capital market imperfections -- 9. Traditional and technological approaches to risk -- 10. Risk and expected return -- 11. Portfolio theory -- 12. The capital asset pricing model -- 13. The valuation of options -- 14. Interest rate risk management -- 15. Market efficiency and the term structure of interest rates -- 16. The cost of company capital -- 17. The weighted average cost of capital -- 18. The capital structure decision in a no-tax world -- 19. Capital structure in a world with tax -- 20. The capital structure decision in practice -- 21. Investment and financing decision interactions -- 22. The dividend decision -- 23. Foreign exchange markets and rates -- 24. Foreign exchange risk management -- 25. Overseas capital investments -- Tables -- Answers to quickie questions -- Index; Accounting & Finance ER -