Corporate Finance, by Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe emphasizes the modern fundamentals of the theory of finance, while providing contemporary examples to... make the theory come to life. The authors aim to present corporate finance as the working of a small number of integrated and powerful intuitions, rather than a collection of unrelated topics. They develop the central concepts of modern finance: arbitrage, net present value, efficient markets, agency theory, options, and the trade-off between risk and return, and use them to explain corporate finance with a balance of theory and application. The Tenth Edition includes many exciting new research findings as well as an enhanced Connect Finance, now with even more student learning resources.

For MBA/graduate students taking a course in corporate finance. Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, top researchers... Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo set the new standard for corporate finance textbooks. Corporate Finance blends coverage of time-tested principles and the latest advancements with the practical perspective of the financial manager. With this ideal melding of the core with modern topics, innovation with proven pedagogy, Berk and DeMarzo establish the new canon in finance. The second edition reflects the constantly changing world of finance, including information on the financial crisis of 2007, new behavioral finance research, and updated practitioner interviews.    For programs and professors who would like a streamlined book that is specifically tailored to the topics covered in the first one-semester course, Corporate Finance: The Core 2nd edition is also available by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo.

This casebook covers the major aspects of corporate finance: valuation, debt financing, hybrid securities, payout policy, intersections of corporate... governance and financial incentives, and mergers and acquisitions. The book integrates legal and economic materials. It includes cases and materials addressing the financial crisis of 2008 and subsequent law reform.

Corporate Finance, by Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe is a popular textbook that emphasizes the modern fundamentals of the theory of finance, while... providing contemporary examples to make the theory come to life. The authors aim to present corporate finance as the working of a small number of integrated and powerful intuitions, rather than a collection of unrelated topics. They develop the central concepts of modern finance: arbitrage, net present value, efficient markets, agency theory, options, and the trade-off between risk and return, and use them to explain corporate finance with a balance of theory and application. The well-respected author team is known for their clear, accessible presentation of material that makes this text an excellent teaching tool. Brad Jordan, known for his successful work on the RWJ Fundamentals and Essentials books, contributed to this edition. His influence will be seen particularly in the writing style with smoother coverage of topics, and the increased quality in the problem material.

Corporate Finance, by Ross, Westerfield, and Jaffe emphasizes the modern fundamentals of the theory of finance, while providing contemporary examples to... make the theory come to life. The authors aim to present corporate finance as the working of a small number of integrated and powerful intuitions, rather than a collection of unrelated topics. They develop the central concepts of modern finance: arbitrage, net present value, efficient markets, agency theory, options, and the trade-off between risk and return, and use them to explain corporate finance with a balance of theory and application. The well-respected author team is known for their clear, accessible presentation of material that makes this text an excellent teaching tool. The ninth edition has been fully updated to reflect the recent financial crisis and is now accompanied by Connect, an exciting new homework management system.

This book focuses on critical financial concepts, skills, and technological applications required by every M.B.A. in the twenty-first-century workplace.... It's a lean textbook that provides an in-depth treatment of all essential topics in corporate finance, yet it can be completed in a single semester. This concise text includes Excel Tool Kits corresponding to each chapter and showing how calculations used in the chapter are done in Excel. These useful models include explanations and screen shots that show you how to use many of the features and functions of Excel, enabling the Tool Kits to serve as self-taught tutorials on Excel. This text also features Mini Case Spreadsheets, which are Excel spreadsheets that perform the calculations required in the Mini Cases. This new edition includes features that allow you to do "what-if" analysis on a real-time basis in class. Another unique feature is Web Safaris, which are links that facilitate Internet searches for useful financial data. Each has a specific goal, such as finding the current spreads between Treasury bonds and rated bonds. The Web Safaris walk you through navigating to the desired information. Each chapter of the text has a "Build a Model" problem where you start with a spreadsheet that contains financial data, plus instructions for solving a particular problem. The model is partially completed with headings but no formulas, so you practice building a financial model. The text also includes Cyberproblems, which require you to go to specific websites and answer a series of questions. The answers are then available on your instructor's website.

For MBA/graduate students taking a course in corporate finance.Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, top researchers... Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo set the new standard for corporate finance textbooks. Corporate Finance blends coverage of time-tested principles and the latest advancements with the practical perspective of the financial manager. With this ideal melding of the core with modern topics, innovation with proven pedagogy, Berk and DeMarzo establish the new canon in finance.The second edition reflects the constantly changing world of finance, including information on the financial crisis of 2007, new behavioral finance research, and updated practitioner interviews.    For programs and professors who would like a streamlined book that is specifically tailored to the topics covered in the first one-semester course, Corporate Finance: The Core 2nd edition is also available by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo.

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In Corporate Finance, the distinguished team of Michelle Clayman, Martin Fridson, and George Troughton—together with a number of experienced... contributors—provides you with complete coverage of the most important issues in modern corporate finance. This book contains the foundational knowledge and tools needed for making smart business decisions, formulating strategies to maximize company value, and maintaining lasting growth. It covers everything from managing relationships between stakeholders to evaluating merger and acquisition bids—as well as the companies involved in them.

The book that fills the practitioner need for a distillation of the most important tools and concepts of corporate financeIn today's competitive... business environment, companies must find innovative ways to enable rapid and sustainable growth not just to survive, but to thrive. Corporate Finance: A Practical Approach is designed to help financial analysts, executives, and investors achieve this goal with a practice-oriented distillation of the most important tools and concepts of corporate finance.Updated for a post-financial crisis environment, the Second Edition provides coverage of the most important issues surrounding modern corporate finance for the new global economy:Preserves the hallmark conciseness of the first edition while offering expanded coverage of key topics including dividend policy, share repurchases, and capital structureCurrent, real-world examples are integrated throughout the book to provide the reader with a concrete understanding of critical business growth conceptsExplanations and examples are rigorous and global, but make minimal use of mathematicsEach chapter presents learning objectives which highlight key material, helping the reader glean the most effective business advice possibleWritten by the experts at CFA Institute, the world's largest association of professional investment managersCreated for current and aspiring financial professionals and investors alike, Corporate Finance focuses on the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to succeed in today's global corporate world.

This is the 2010 casebook supplement to Bratton's Cases and Materials on Corporate Finance, 6th. It contains detailed and informed selection of cases... illustrating the development of the body of law surrounding corporate finance, including text and explanatory materials. The following materials relating to the financial crisis are addressed: Benjamin Bernanke on the causes of the financial crisis and the shape of regulatory reform Discussions of the systemic risk problem, securitization's role in bringing about the crisis, credit rating agency reform, credit derivatives trading, and pay constraints on financial company executives Contract forms TARP Preferred Stock and the TARP Warrant The Second Circuit?s decision in the Chrysler bankruptcy case The Delaware Chancery's decision in the Citibank shareholder litigation alleging a breach of the duty of care The Delaware Chancery's decision to refrain from hearing the Bear Stearns shareholder litigation VCG v. Citibank, a Southern District of New York decision in a dispute about a margin call by a credit protection buyer under a credit default swap covering a collateralized debt obligation Other salient materials include On empty voting, CSX v. Children's Investment Fund, a Southern District of New York opinion in a 13D case brought by an issuer against an activist hedge fund On bond contract interpretation, Affiliated Computer v. Wilmington Trust, a Fifth Circuit opinion addressing the question whether a failure to meet an SEC reporting deadline triggers an event of default The Southern District of New York's opinion in the Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities Litigation Concord Real Estate a Delaware Chancery opinion concerning indenture provisions governing an asset securitization payment waterfall On venture capital finance, the Delaware Chancery's Trados opinion in respect of a common stockholder's objection to a merger benefitting the venture capital preferred holder On antidilution language in executive stock option plans, the Delaware Supreme Court's opinion in AT&T v. Lillis On MAC clauses in merger agreements, the Delaware Chancery opinion in Hexion v. Huntsman On Revlon and the duty of good faith, the Delaware Supreme court's opinion in Lyondell v. Ryan Short reports of new cases on preferred stock, convertibles, venture capital, mergers, and asset sales