The book addresses all the basic questions that people working in the field related to corporate finance, manufacturing companies, investment banks and consulting need to know the answers to. From this book you will learn what the main tasks of the CFO 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 assess 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.