TY - BOOK AU - Melicher, Ronald W. AU - Norton, Edgar A. TI - Finance : introduction to institutions, investments and management SN - 9780324004304 U1 - 332 PY - 2000/// CY - Cincinnati, Ohio : South-Western College Pub. ; , [London] : PB - [International Thomson] (distributor), KW - Finance N1 - Includes index; Part I. The Financial System -- 1. Role of Finance -- 2. The United States Monetary System -- 3. Banks and Other Depository Institutions -- 4. Federal Reserve System -- 5. Policy Makers and the Money Supply -- 6. International Trade and Finance -- Part II. Investments -- 7. Savings and Investment Process -- 8. Structure of Interest Rates -- 9. Time Value of Money -- 10. Bonds and Stocks: Characteristics and Valuations -- 11. Securities Markets -- 12. Financial Return and Risk Concepts -- Part III. Business Finance -- 13. Business Organization and Financial Data -- 14. Financial Analysis and Long-Term Financial Planning -- 15. Managing Working Capital -- 16. Short-Term Business Financing -- 17. Capital Budgeting Analysis -- 18. Capital Structure and the Cost of Capital N2 - The tenth edition builds on the success of past editions to provide an up-to-date survey of the entire finance discipline. It provides a valuable overview of the major financial concepts of the disciplines as well as a solid foundation upon which future courses in finance can build. Whereas most survey-style introductory texts still tend to emphasize corporate finance, this book's key strengths are balanced coverage between three major fields of finance - institutions, investments, financial management - and an integrated perspective on the interrelationships among them. As an introductory survey, the book is written with a "user-friendly" focus conveys basic knowledge, concepts and terms - leaving the finer points, discussions of theory and complicated topics, for more advanced course work ER -