Corporate Finance: WITH Student CD, Ethics in Finance PowerWeb AND Standard and Poor's - Softcover

Brealey, Richard A; Myers, Stewart C; Allen, Franklin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071117997 ISBN 13: 9780071117999

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2005

Synopsis

This is the worldwide leading text that describes the theory and practice of corporate finance. Throughout the book the authors show how managers use financial theory to solve practical problems and as a way of learning how to respond to change by showing not just how but why companies and management act as they do. The text is comprehensive, authoritative and modern, and yet the material is presented at a common sense level. The discussions and illustrations are unique due to the depth of detail blended with a distinct sense of humour for which the book is well known and highly regarded. This text is a valued reference for thousands of practising financial managers.

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Additional discussion of agency issues.
Excel Boxes will appear in key points throughout the text. These will demonstrate how students may use Microsoft Excel to perform useful financial calculations. Students who need assistance in using Microsoft Excel will be able to refer to the students CD which will contain a detailed Excel tutorial with a full-length manual on using Excel to do finance.
Chapter 4, Valuing Stocks and Bonds, has been split into two separate chapters, making the book's organization more mainstream, and chunking the material for easier comprehension.
Concept and Skill Summary tables appear at part endings. These list the key concepts and skills covered in the part, and give students page and problem references for study and review.
End-of-Chapter problem sets have been significantly updated. Tewnty percent more problems have been added, the bulk of these of the confidence-building variety. Problems are now labeled as easy, moderately challening, and challenging.
The Cross-referencing system has been significantly enhanced.
Business slang terms are now defined on the end-of-text glossary.
Important information is highlighted in shaded Summary Points.
Fundamental finance concepts are called out within chapters students are referred back to where concepts are orginally discussed.
An expanded discussion of ethical issues facing financial managers.
Numerous additional real-world examples.
Additional discussion of agency issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0071117997
• ISBN 13: 9780071117999
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1120