Principles of Corporate Finance Global Edition by Brealey, Myers and Allen

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Chapters now also conclude with key takeaway bullet points summarizing the chapter’s principal lessons. I'm currently working on my MBA. I graduated with a 4.0 and a 3.79 for my two undergraduate degrees; I work hard for my grades. In all my currently nine years of higher education I've never come across a more poorly written textbook. There is a lot of math involved, but formulas are rarely clearly given, and algebraic rearrangements of the formulas are interspersed without comment or warning. Examples are wordy and difficult to follow. The index misses many important concepts and the glossary refuses to include any sort of formula to assist with calculations. The RRP is the suggested or Recommended Retail Price of a product, set by the publisher or manufacturer.

If taken as part of a BSc degree, the following course(s) must be attempted before this course may be taken: Every effort has been made to explain the material much more clearly to make it accessible to the non-finance reader – importantly, without dumbing it down. Terms are precisely defined and key concepts made explicit rather than having to be inferred from the narrative. Detailed coverage of contemporary topics such as Efficient Markets, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Crowdfunding, Behavioural Finance, Ethical Behaviour, Hidden Leverage and Managing International Risks

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The book covers a wide range of aspects relevant to corporate finance, illustrated by examples and case studies. The text starts by explaining basic finance concepts of value, risk, and other principles. Then the issues become more and more complex, from project analysis and net present value calculations to debt policy and option valuation. Other discussed topics include stakeholder theory, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, principal–agent problems, credit risk, working capital management, etc. The book concludes with a discussion on the current limitations of corporate finance theory.

The latest in the Principles of Corporate Finance dynasty, serving the best business programmes in the world for decades, the 14th edition continues in its tradition of showing how theory applies to the very practical problems and decisions faced by financial managers. Finance prep courses for students who need a little extra help covering the basic concepts in Maths, Statistics, Accounting, Excel, and Economics.Looking at what financial managers do and why, the book aims to give readers a solid understanding of theory so that they know what questions to ask when times change and new problems need to be analysed, eventually standing as a reference and a guide to help them make financial decisions, not just study them.

Principles of Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate). ISBN 0078034760. Internal control works as a success factor in corporate finance. The more internal control exists in your organization the less mismanagement of recording and management of funds will be there. A better internal control actually helps to increase the efficiency in the different field of an organization. If a corporate finance manager works for the management of the internal control system, then the overall functionality and proper use of financial assets will be ensured. Mergers and acquisitions: motivations for merger activity; calculating the gains and losses from merger/takeover; the free-rider problem and takeover activity.Reorganisation of the material on corporate governance so that it sits logically with material on corporate objectives since the two are inextricable. Corporate governance: separation of ownership and control; management incentives; management shareholdings and firm value; corporate governance. The latest edition in the Principles of Corporate Finance dynasty, the 14th edition continues in its tradition of showing how theory applies to the very practical problems and decisions faced by financial managers. Principles Of Corporate Finance by Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers". goodreads.com . Retrieved 2015-03-02.

Real options: understand what real options are and why they are important in project valuation; understand and calculate the source of option value; three types of real options: options to abandon/expand/wait.The module will cover the fundamental concepts and tools underlying corporate finance. Aims and Objectives Aims and Objectives Learning Outcomes Learning Outcomes Professor of Financial Economics at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. He is past president of the American Finance Association, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a principal of the Brattle Group, Inc., and a retired director of Entergy Corporation. His research is primarily concerned with the valuation of real and financial assets, corporate financial policy, and financial aspects of government regulation of business. He is the author of influential research papers on many topics, including adjusted present value (APV), rate of return regulation, pricing and capital allocation in insurance, real options, and moral hazard and information issues in capital structure decisions. Greater integration of material on international differences in financing and greater discussion of governance systems around the world.