The book covers all the basic questions that people working in corporate finance, manufacturing, investment banking and consulting need to know the answers to. In this book, you'll learn what the CFO's main tasks are; what the organizational structure of the financial function in the company looks like; how to evaluate investment projects in equipment and new technologies; how to estimate the value of the company as a whole; how to determine the optimal capital structure of a company and much more. The book is written on the basis of practical experience in working with finance and investments. Western concepts are presented in comparison with Russian specifics.