TY - BOOK AU - Ehrhardt, Michael C. AU - Brigham, Eugene F. TI - Financial management : theory and practice SN - 9781439078099 U1 - 658.15 PY - 2011/// CY - Mason, OH : PB - South-Western Cengage Learning, KW - Corporations -- Finance N1 - Includes index; Fundamental concepts of corporate finance -- Fixed income securities -- Stocks and options -- Projects and their valuation -- Corporate valuation and governance -- Cash distributions and capital structure -- Managing global operations -- Tactical financing decisions -- Special topics -- Advanced issues N2 - This textbook emphasizes the actions that a manager can and should take to increase the intrinsic value of the firm, by combining theory and practical applications. The collapse of the sub-prime mortgage market, the financial crisis, and the global economic crisis make it more important than ever for students and managers to understand the role that finance plays in a global economy, in their own companies, and in their own lives ER -