McGraw Hill's Financial Management : Theory and Practice - Book By Prasanna Chandra

Edition : 12th (2026)

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Coverage
• Builds understanding of the central ideas and theories of modern finance.
• Decisional Focus and Analytical Approach
• Excel Applications
• Emphasis on Behavioural Dimension
• New feature called Beyond the Pages offers a collection of short articles on various topics.

Part-I Introduction
1.Financial Management: An Overview
2.The Financial System

Part-II Financial Analysis and Planning
3. Financial Statements, Taxes, and Cash Flow
4. Analysis of Financial Statements
5. Financial Planning and Forecasting

Part-III Fundamental Valuation Concepts
6. The Time Value of Money
7. Valuation of Bonds and Stocks
8. Risk and Return
9. Risk and Return: Portfolio Theory and Asset Pricing Models
10. Options and Their Valuation

Part-IV Capital Budgeting
11. Techniques of Capital Budgeting
12. Estimation of Project Cash Flows
13. Risk Analysis in Capital Budgeting
14. The Cost of Capital
15. Capital Budgeting: Extensions

Part-V Long Term Financing
16. Market Efficiency and Behavioural Paradigm
17. Sources of Long-Term Finance
18. Raising Long Term Finance

Part-VI Capital Structure and Dividend Decisions
19. Capital Structure and Firm Value
20. Capital Structure Decision
21. Dividend Policy and Firm Value
22. Dividend Decision

Part-VII Working Capital Management
23. Working Capital Policy
24. Cash and Liquidity Management
25. Credit Management
26. Inventory Management
27. Working Capital Financing
28. Working Capital Management: Extensions

Part-VIII Debt and Hybrid Financing
29. Debt Analysis and Management
30. Leasing, Hire-Purchase, Infrastructure Finance and Project Finance
31. Hybrid Financing

Part-IX Corporate Valuation, Restructuring and Value Creation
32.Corporate Valuation
33.Value Based Management
34.Mergers, Acquisitions, and Restructuring

Part-X — Corporate Governance and Performance Management
35.Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation
36.Performance Management and Organisational Architecture

Part-XI — International Finance and Risk Management
37.International Financial Management
38.Derivatives and Risk Management

Part-XII — Special Topics
39.Financial Management in Companies with Special Characteristics
40.Financial Management in Sick Units
41.Behavioural Corporate Finance
42.The State of Our Knowledge

Appendix-A. Tables
Appendix-B. Solutions to End-of-Chapter Problems and Mini Cases
Appendix-C. Sources of Financial Information
Glossary
Index