Financial Management Author:Robert W. Kolb Intended for a beginning or intermediate course in corporate finance, "Financial Management" stresses a finance function orientation over the more traditional accounting orientation. Consistent with this approach, the text focuses on two main ideas: maximising shareholders wealth as a goal of financial management and the persistent trade offs co... more »nfronting financial managers if they attempt to reach that goal. Kolb and Rodriguez emphasize the development of a solid conceptual framework, and illustrate concepts through the use of many numerical examples and problems at the end of each chapter.« less