Handbook of Managerial Finance and Quantitative Methods

Handbook of Managerial Finance and Quantitative Methods (Second Global Edition)A comprehensive, classroom-ready guide to corporate and managerial finance, built for students and early-career professionals who need both the theory and the calculations that drive real financial decisions.The book moves systematically from foundational concepts to advanced valuation and risk techniques across six sections: - Fundamentals of Financial Management - core concepts and terminology, business organization types, the agency problem, financial institutions and markets, the roles of a financial manager, and an introduction to sustainability in finance.- Financial Statements - how financial information is disclosed, how to read the balance sheet and income statement, and the concepts of Market Value Added (MVA) and Economic Value Added (EVA).- Financial Statement Analysis - a full toolkit of financial ratios (liquidity, leverage, activity, profitability, and market value), the DuPont equation, benchmarking, and trend analysis.- Cost of Capital and Project Valuation - calculating the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), beta estimation, and project-specific cost of capital.- Capital Budgeting - the payback period method, Net Present Value (NPV), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), and a side-by-side comparison of NPV vs. IRR.- Risk-Adjusted Capital Budgeting - risk-adjusted NPV, sensitivity analysis, simulation, and decision trees/real options for evaluating uncertain projects.Each chapter opens with a clear roadmap of its sections and closes with a chapter quiz, questions, and review, making the book easy to use for self-study or as a course companion.Ideal for: undergraduate and MBA finance students, instructors looking for a structured course text, and working professionals who want a practical refresher on financial statement analysis, valuation, and capital budgeting.