TY - GEN AU - Rau, Raghavendra TI - Short introduction to corporate finance: Raghavendra Rau SN - 9781108448567 U1 - 658.15 R19S 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Cambridge, United Kingdom ; , New York, NY PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Corporations KW - Finance KW - Management N1 - Includes index; Who are the players in corporate finance? -- NPV and the investment decision of the firm -- Portfolio theory and the discount rate -- Capital structure theory -- Option pricing theory -- Asymmetric information -- Market efficiency -- Wrapping it up N2 - "The Short Introduction to Corporate Finance provides an accessibly written guide to contemporary financial institutional practice. Rau deploys both his professional expertise and experience of teaching MBA and graduate-level courses to produce a lively discussion of the key concepts of finance, liberally illustrated with real-world examples. Built around six essential paradigms, he builds an integrated framework ER -