Intermediate Financial Management and Persuasion IQ

Intermediate Financial Management (with Thomson One)

Author: Eugene F Brigham

"Why aren't you using the ONLY book expressly written for your Intermediate/Advanced Corporate Finance course?" This comprehensive text contains enough background material to refresh and reinforce earlier courses in corporate finance while still providing enough advanced material to stimulate the most advanced learner. The predominant strengths of clarity, current coverage, and friendliness to learner and instructors continue in this new edition. The instructor's resources enable outstanding easy prep and presentations.

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1	An overview of financial management	2
Ch. 2	Risk and return : part I	31
Ch. 3	Risk and return : part II	72
Ch. 4	Bond valuation	112
Ch. 5	Basic stock valuation	151
Ch. 6	Financial options	188
Ch. 7	Accounting for financial management	213
Ch. 8	Analysis of financial statements	249
Ch. 9	Financial planning and forecasting financial statements	286
Ch. 10	Determining the cost of capital	317
Ch. 11	Corporate value and value-based management	355
Ch. 12	Capital budgeting : decision criteria	396
Ch. 13	Capital budgeting : estimating cash flows and analyzing risk	435
Ch. 14	Real options	479
Ch. 15	Capital structure decisions : part I	508
Ch. 16	Capital structure decisions : part II	548	Ch. 17	Distributions to shareholders : dividends and repurchases	582
Ch. 18	Initial public offerings, investment banking, and financial restructuring	618
Ch. 19	Lease financing	658
Ch. 20	Hybrid financing : preferred stock, warrants, and convertibles	686
Ch. 21	Working capital management	718
Ch. 22	Providing and obtaining credit	762
Ch. 23	Other topics in working capital management	799
Ch. 24	Derivativ es and risk management	832
Ch. 25	Bankruptcy, reorganization, and liquidation	864
Ch. 26	Mergers, LBOs, divestitures, and holding companies	894
Ch. 27	Multinational financial management	944

Persuasion I.Q.: The 10 Skills You Need to get Exactly What You Want

Author: Kurt Mortensen

In business and in life, your ability to persuade others can mean the difference between success and failure, or between mere success and spectacular success. But do you have a high PQ, or Persuasion Intelligence Quotient? Can you convince anyone-at work or at home-about anything, any time?

Research done at Kurt Mortensen's Persuasion Institute proves that persuasion is as much a science as an art-and in as little time as it takes you to read Persuasion IQ, you can transform yourself into a true master of the art and science of persuasion. Through a combination of clear examples, illustrative fables, entertaining illustrations, and valuable information throughout, Mortensen identifies the 10 critical persuasion skills and reveals the techniques for developing and maximizing each one. You'll quickly realize how powerful these techniques can be in both business and your personal life, and through the 50-question Persuasion IQ Test you'll see where you're strongest an d where you need the most work. Mastering these techniques will translate directly to: winning more clients, "reading" people more quickly and accurately, deriving more satisfaction from personal and family relationships, closing more sales, earning more than you ever dreamed....

And, perhaps most important, hearing that magic word "YES!" more often. So whether you're selling a product, an idea, a plan, or yourself, Persuasion IQ gives you the know-how, the tools, and the confidence to succeed-every time!

Table of Contents:

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
What Is Your Persuasion IQ? The New Rules of Success and Wealth     1
Persuasion Resistance: Ten Common Obstacles That Limit Your Persuasion Success     17
PQ Skill #1: Mental Programming of Top Persuaders     39
PQ Skill #2: Understanding How Your Audience Thinks     67
PQ Skill #3: Instant Rapport and Social Synchronization     91
PQ Skill #4: Establishing Automatic Trust     119
PQ Skill #5: Command Attention with Power and Authority     141
PQ Skill #6: The Ability to Influence Other People     161
PQ Skill #7: How to Motivate Yourself and Others Every Time     179
PQ Skill #8: Advanced Presentation and Communication Skills     205
PQ Skill #9: Preplanned Anticipation: The Secret Formulas of the Pros     229
PQ Skill #10: Self-Mastery and Personal Development     251
Final Thoughts: Time to Capture Your Greatness     273
Persuasion IQ Book Bonuses / Free Reports     281
Abridged Persuasion IQ Test     285
Endnotes     299
Index     313
About the Author     323