Financial Management Practices : An Empirical Study of Indian Corporates

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Financial Management Practices; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Appendices; List of Figures; List of Tables; Part I: Background; Chapter 1: Introduction; Objectives; Rationale; Research Methodology; Scope; BSE 200 Index Background; Primary Data; Secondary Data and Analysis; Data Analysis; Plan of the Study; Summary; Appendices; Appendix 1.1: Constituent companies and sectors of BSE 200 (as of 1 April 2010); Appendix 1.2: Finance sector companies excluded from the sample; Appendix 1.3: Questionnaire on financial management perspective of BSE 200 companies

Section A: Basic InformationSection B: Items Related to Capital Budgeting Decisions; Section C: Items Related to Capital Structure Decisions; Section D: Items Related to Working Capital Management; Section E: Items Related to Dividend Policy; Section F: Items Related to Corporate Governance; Section G: Items Related to Global Finance; Section H: Items Related to Risk Management; References; Part II: Financial Decisions; Chapter 2: Capital Budgeting Decisions; Introduction; Section I Scope and Methodology; Section II Literature Review; Capital Budgeting Techniques; Cost of Capital

Risk ManagementCapital Rationing; Section III Level of Investment Activity; Section IV Financing Pattern; Section V Sectoral Analysis; Investment Activity; Financing Pattern; Section VI Origination and Planning of Capital Budgeting Proposals; Section VII Evaluation Techniques; Section VIII Cost of Capital; Section IX Risk Considerations; Real Options and Abandonment Options; Section X Investment Pattern; Section XI Capital Rationing; Section XII Reasons for Failures in Capital Budgeting Decisions; Section XIII Concluding Observations; Normative Framework; Guidelines for Practitioners

AppendicesAppendix 2.1: Impact of recent financial crisis on India; Appendix 2.2: Mean, median and quartile values of percentage growth in gross fixed assets of constituent sectors of the sample companies over phase 1 (2001-2006) and phase 2 (2007-2011) (figures are in percentages); Appendix 2.3: Mean, median and quartile values of percentage growth in gross fixed assets of constituent sectors of the sample companies over phase 3 (2007-2008) and phase 4 (2009-2011) (figures are in percentages)

Appendix 2.4: ANOVA of the consolidated sample and the constituent sectors of the sample companies based on growth in gross fixed assets over phase 1 (2001-2006) and phase 2 (2007-2011) and phase 3 (2007-2008) and phase 4 (2009-2011)Appendix 2.5: Mean, median and quartile values of fixed assets (net) to permanent capital employed of constituent sectors of the sample companies over phase 1 (2001-2006) and phase 2 (2007-2011) (figures are in percentages)

Appendix 2.6: Mean, median and quartile values of fixed assets (net) to permanent capital employed of constituent sectors of the sample companies over phase 3 (2007-2008) and phase 4 (2009-2011) (figures are in percentages)

10.1007/978-81-322-0990-4 [DOI]

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