Foundations of Corporate Finance - Hardcover

Hickman, Kent A.; Hunter, Hugh O.; Byrd, John

9780324016390: Foundations of Corporate Finance

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0324016395 ISBN 13: 9780324016390

Publisher: South-Western, 2001

This brief introduction to corporate finance covers core financial management topics and avoids unnecessary mathematics. The authors emphasize the concepts, logic, and intuition underlying financial decision making. A financial balance sheet framework throughout helps students visualize how financial decision making affects other areas of the firm, including marketing, human resources, and operations. This framework is coupled with a dominating theme of valuation.

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Review:

I found the writing style, use of illustrations, logical conceptual building and overall presentation to be very interesting and even enjoyable. Hickman, Hunter, and Byrd have put more meat into the sandwich compared to other competitor books.

Synopsis:

In this textbook, the authors use intuition, logic, and examples to provide a conceptual understanding of finance. The text as a whole is organized around the financial balance sheet and the theme of value creation is present throughout. Advanced mathematics are kept to a minimum. A sampling of topi

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