Case Problems In Finance [Hardcover]

Carl Kester (Author), Jr., William E. Fruhan (Author), Thomas R Piper (Author), Richard Ruback (Author)

Book Description

Series: Irwin Series in Finance | Publication Date: January 1, 1997

The primary course for this book is the case course in Finance taught to all finance majors at both the MBA and undergraduate level. This is typically a capstone course at the undergraduate level and either the first or second course at the MBA level. Case Problems in Finance is a Harvard case course that presents real business situations that pose debatable alternative courses of action. The cases contain problems that can be narrowed but not always settled by the usual techniques of financial analysis. The cases are grouped by major topics: financial analysis and forecasting, cost of capital, working capital management, capital budgeting, dividend policy, debt policy, financial execution, and mergers and restructuring.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 848 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 11 edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0256145962
• ISBN-13: 978-0256145960
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,085,063 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not a teach yourself book !!!, September 3, 2000

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Franco Arda (Palo Alto, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Case Problems In Finance (Hardcover)

We used this case book in our MBA course for corporate finance. The real cases are exciting. The topics are very broad and ranging from cash budgeting to financial risk management. Most of the cases are supported with good background material like charts and income statements. The book is excellent for class discussions, but not for the ambituous reader who wants to teach himself corporate finance. There are simply no right or wrong answers why there's no solution provided. It's a great book to work with, but deadly boring if you want to read it page by page.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A definite MUST for MBA in Finance; but not for self-study, April 19, 2004

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"roeslan1969" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Case Problems In Finance (Hardcover)

This is definitely the book of classic cases in Finance. Using Harvard case method, it covers a wide range of fundamental issues faced by today's finance executive or CFO. A must for MBA second course in Finance or advanced undergraduate. However, this textbook is lacking in a few pedagogical aspects. Firstly, in every section (key topic), there is no comprehensive chapter of important theories and key concepts (e.g. formulas) for students to brush up before embarking on the cases. Moreover, there are no check figures or guidelines (at the back) on how to tackle the problems. The format of the pages are rather dry and uninviting plus there are so many typo erroes in the financial statements. More importantly in this 1997 edition, the authors have decided to leave out the Carrefour case, which was an excellent example of cash flow management. Lots of important lessons missed out, especially from a multinational which has been very successful in today's global retail hypermarket industry. Our professor had to make photocopies from an earlier edition for our MBA. May be the authors can put back this case in future editions.....

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenging Topics in Corporate Finance, April 5, 2000

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"mrfinance" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Case Problems In Finance (Hardcover)

As a student utilizing this text for class, I found it extremely insightful, as well as challenging in content. The book is subdivided in to various topib headings related to corporate finance, everything from debt and equity offerings to derivative risk management. After a chapter introduction outlining and reviewing pertinent academic information, there are several case studies on real companies. The book closes with three case studies which incorporate multiple topics highlighted in the book.