In this new and fully updated Eighth Edition, the core concepts and topics of corporate finance are introduced in an approachable, user-friendly style. Key principles and mathematical techniques needed for a career in business are clearly explained step-by-step and are put into practice through numerous examples and vignettes which take a closer look at real-world and well-known companies. What's new? Chapter vignettes are refreshed and the accompanying questions are updated, with the aim of deepening student's knowledge of key contemporary issues Up-to-date with the latest changes in regulations and taxation, such as the UK tax treatment of dividends Denzil Watson is a Principal Lecturer and Antony Head is an Associate Lecturer in the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University. They have extensive experience of teaching corporate finance, managerial finance and strategic financial management over many years and in a wide range of courses at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional level.