The book presents, for the first time in a unified and integrated form, central aspects of financing, value orientation, and corporate governance of companies. Larger companies are facing a profound transformation of financial markets and radically changed expectations from shareholders. Capital market-oriented corporate management has become imperative. Yves Hilpisch integrates key aspects of financing, value orientation, and corporate governance for the first time. Corporate financing is often characterized by a strict separation of ownership and control. As a result of this separation, the author advocates for a consistent alignment of corporate management towards maximizing shareholder value, which can only function within the framework of effective corporate governance. Hilpisch emphasizes his demands with illustrative company examples.