喬爾·F. 休斯敦,是佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)工商管理專業(yè)的William D. Hussey講座教授。休斯敦教授從美國(guó)賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)沃頓商學(xué)院獲得碩士和博士學(xué)位,從富蘭克林馬歇爾學(xué)院(Franklin and Marshall College)獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位。加盟佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)之前,休斯頓博士是賓夕法尼亞聯(lián)邦儲(chǔ)備銀行的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)家。休斯敦博士的主要研究領(lǐng)域包括公司理財(cái)和金融機(jī)構(gòu),其學(xué)術(shù)論文發(fā)表于眾多*期刊,如The Journal of Finance(財(cái)務(wù)學(xué)刊)、Journal of Financial Economics(財(cái)務(wù)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)刊)、Journal of Business(商業(yè)學(xué)刊)、Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis(財(cái)務(wù)與定量分析學(xué)刊)和Financial Management(財(cái)務(wù)管理)。休斯敦教授目前是Journal of Money,Credit and Banking(貨幣、信貸與銀行學(xué)刊)和Journal of Financial Services Research(金融服務(wù)研究學(xué)刊)的副主編。自從1987年加盟佛羅里達(dá)大學(xué)以來,休斯敦教授已經(jīng)獲得17項(xiàng)教學(xué)獎(jiǎng)勵(lì),積極參與本科生與研究生的教學(xué)工作。除了合作編寫的財(cái)務(wù)管理教材之外,休斯敦博士還參與公用事業(yè)管理委員會(huì)(PURC)/世界銀行項(xiàng)目、南方公司(southern Corporation)、艾斯能公司(Exelon Corporation)和美國(guó)量化服務(wù)公司(Volume Services America)的管理教學(xué)項(xiàng)目。
C O N T E N T S
Publisher ‘sNote
About the Authors
Preface
PART 1
Introduction to Financial Management 1
CHAPTER 1
An Overview of Financial Management 3
Balancing Business and Ethics in Asia 3
PUTTING THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE 4
1-1 What Is Finance? 5
1-1a Finance versus Economics and Accounting 5
1-1b Finance within an Organization 5
1-1c Corporate Finance, Capital Markets,and Investments 6
1-2 Jobs in Finance 7
1-3 Forms of Business Organization 7
Socially Responsible Funds versus Gambling Funds 10
1-4 Balancing Shareholder Value and the Interests of Society 10
1-5 Intrinsic Values, Stock Prices, and Executive Compensation 12
Is Executive Compensation Linked to
Performance? 13
1-6 Important Business Trends 16
Global Perspectives: Do Business Structures in Asia Maximize Shareholders’ Wealth? 17
1-7 Business Ethics 17
1-7a What Companies Are Doing 17
1-7b Consequences of UnethicalBehavior 18
1-7c How Should Employees Deal with Unethical Behavior? 19
1-8 Con?icts between Managers,
Stockholders, and Bondholders 20
1-8a Managers versus Stockholders 20
1-8b Stockholders versus Bondholders 22
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER 23
Self-Test Question 23
Questions 23
CHAPTER 2
Financial Markets and Institutions 27
Asian Financial Markets and Crisis 27
PUTTING THINGS IN PERSPECTIVE 28
2-1 The Capital Allocation Process 28
2-2 Financial Markets 30
2-2a Types of Markets 31
2-2b Recent Trends 32
2-3 Financial Institutions 36
Securitization, Ownership Structures, and Postal Savings in Asia 40
2-4 The Stock Market 41
2-4a Physical Location Stock Exchanges 41
The Daily Price Limit in Asian Stock Markets 41
2-4b Over-the-Counter (OTC) and the Nasdaq Stock Markets 42
2-5 The Market for Common Stock 43
2-5a Types of Stock Market Transactions 44
2-6 Stock Markets and Returns 45
2-6a Stock Market Reporting 46
2-6b Stock Market Returns 47
2-7 Stock Market Ef?ciency 47
Market Capitalization in East Asia 48
2-7a Conclusions about Market Ef?ciency 50
TYING IT ALL TOGETHER 51
Self-Test Question 52
Questions 52
INTEGRATED CASEHIJ Financial Services
Corporation 53
PART 2
Fundamental Concepts in Financial