Fundamentals of Corporate Finance Standard Edition

The best-selling Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FCF) is written with one strongly held principle– that corporate finance should be developed and taught in terms of a few integrated, powerful ideas. As such, there are three basic themes that are the central focus of the book: 1) An emphasis on intuition—underlying ideas are discussed in general terms and then by way of examples that illustrate in more concrete terms how a financial manager might proceed in a given situation. 2) A unified valuation approach—net present value (NPV) is treated as the basic concept underlying corporate finance. Every subject covered is firmly rooted in valuation, and care is taken to explain how particular decisions have valuation effects. 3) A managerial focus—the authors emphasize the role of the financial manager as decision maker, and they stress the need for managerial input and judgment.

The Ninth Edition continues the tradition of excellence that has earned Fundamentals of Corporate Finance its status as market leader. Every chapter has been updated to provide the most current examples that reflect corporate finance in today’s world. The supplements package has been updated and improved, and with the new Excel Master online tool, student and instructor support has never been stronger.

Customer Reviews:

Finance text

By C. Nare - June 28, 2009

I have just begun using this textbook for a course. So far the text book is well laid out and proivdes good examples of problems in the book along with solutions throughout the chapters. This is one of the better textbooks that I have used during my masters program.

Recommend

By Tati "Tati" - May 29, 2009

I bought this book for my finance class. It's my first finance book, so it's difficult for me to judge whether it's a good finance book or not. Though I can say that the book is easy to read and the best part for me was that it provided a website with chapters presentations, exercises, and quizes, which really helped me to prepare for the tests. In general, I think that the authors did a good job to introduce finance to people who are not familiar with the subject.

Great Book for Finance Managers

By Daniel "24valve" - October 16, 2011

I purchased this book for my finance classs. I think the book is well written, but complex. For some of my assignments, I had to refer to my undergrad book in order to understand the concepts. I think the authors did a good job of providing examples for the student. I think there are better books on the market, but you can learn corporate finance from this book. At the moment, my class is about half way through this book. I will definately keep this book as a reference after grad school is completed. In the end, I would recommend this book due to its comprehensive coverage of the finance topic.