Introduction: - 76 - · Agency theory · The goal of financial management · The agency problem and control of the corporation Valuation and capital budgeting: · Discounted cash flow valuation · Loan amortization Valuation and capital budgeting: · Net present value and other investment rules · The practice of capital budgeting Valuation and capital budgeting: · Making capital investment decision · Inflation and capital budgeting Risk Analysis, Real options and Capital Budgeting · Sensitivity analysis, scenario analysis and break even analysis · Monte Carlo simulation · Real options · Decision trees Efficient capital markets and behavioral challenge · Foundation of market efficiency · Different types of efficiency · The behavioral challenge of market efficiency Capital structure : basic concepts · The pie theory · Value maximization versus shareholders interest · MM models Raising Capital: · Early stage financing and venture capital · The announcement of new equity and value of the firm · The rights and its puzzle · Dilution · Shelf registration Raising Capital: · The rights and its puzzle, Dilution · Shelf registration, Leasing Valuation and capital budgeting for the levered firm ● Adjusted present value approach ● Weighted average cost of capital method ● Beta and leverage Dividends and other payouts: ● Different types of payouts, Standard method of cash divided payments ● Repurchase of stock, The clientele effect Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures: · The basic forms of acquisitions · Synergy, Side effects of acquisition Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures: