Corporate finance is the discipline that studies how a company raises and uses resources. Its objective is to achieve a long-term equilibrium that is guaranteed by means of appropriate planning and programming processes and by the ability to control and manage the risks associated with ordinary and extraordinary operations. Because of these characteristics, corporate finance concerns entrepreneurs and enterprises, but also institutions, through the dynamics of markets and flows; in fact, it seeks a system balance that today is increasingly inspired by sustainability. The book offers an organic and comprehensive view of all the main aspects of corporate finance, presented in simple and accessible language, with constant recourse to examples drawn from real companies: from financial analysis to investment evaluation; from financing decisions to extraordinary financial transactions; from treasury management to corporate governance aspects.