BASIC FINANCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL
THEORY, PRACTICES AND INSTITUTIONS
by JAMES R. BRYCE
1st ed., August 1980, 158 pages, $15.95 
ISBN 978-0-89641-038-1
This book
was written for introductory finance courses at the freshman and
sophomore levels. The prose style and the illustrations are purposefully
designed to be clearly comprehensible to a student just entering
college. It is a basic text that describes the fundamental financial
principles in a concise manner. Basic theoretical topics include
working capital, long-term or capital financing, money, the dynamics
of monetary elasticity and financial management. Unique to this
text is the model of the Dynamic Business Firm which provides
for the student a systematic approach to understanding the ongoing
financial process of a business entity.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter
1: FINANCING THE BUSINESS FIRM
Financial Organization of the Business Firm
Working Capital
Sources of Short-Term Financing
Corporation Finance
Organized Stock Exchanges
Long-Term of “Capital” Financing
Chapter
2: MONEY AND CREDIT
Money
The Commercial Bank
The Federal Reserve System
The Money Market
The Dynamics of Monetary Elasticity
Chapter
3: FINANCIAL CONTROL AND ANALYSIS
Financial Statements
Interpreting Financial Statements
Chapter
4: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Cash Management
Inventory Management
Fixed Asset/Capital Management
Chapter
5: CONSUMER FINANCE
Consumer Finance
Home Financing
Chapter
6: INSTITUTIONS AUXILIARY TO FINANCE
Credit Reporting Agencies and Insurance
Chapter
7: GOVERNMENT FINANCE
Financing Local and State Government
Financing Federal Government
About
the Author
James
R. Bryce is currently Associate Professor of Business
and Economics at Del Mar University. After receiving a BBA in
Accounting from Midwestern University, he became involved in
the retailing business and later real estate and general contracting.
He graduated from Texas Christian University in 1964 with a
Masters in Economics and has taught at Midwestern University
and The University of Texas at Arlington.