Customer Reviews

Corporate Finance + Student CD-ROM + Standard & Poor's card + Ethics in Finance PowerWeb (Irwin Series in Finance)

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The nearly one thousand pages of this book abound with fine and contemporary information regarding corporate finance. Its chapters are not just well-arranged, but are also well-written. As a result of this, the financial gists they dish-out are very easy to grasp. I use this book as a dependable reference text (in conjuction with the "Encyclopedia of Finance" by Alice C. Lee and Cheng Few Lee). And, I must mention that I am quite satisfied with both books.
This "Corporate Finance" text did a good job in ramifying every aspect of finance. The coverage of its well-drafted chapters are elaborate, and include: financial management, portfolio management, auditing, research, investment analysis, security analysis, real estate finance, market finance, insurance, and many more. The book also gave detailed explanations on issues relating to capital asset pricing, option pricing model, and efficient market hypothesis.
This book is thorough; and uses several illustrative examples to teach its reader. All of its messages are straight to the point: no beating about the bush! Its in-depth analyses are superb. And, I am glad to recommend it to all corporate managers and executives, who associate themselves with any sort of financial dealings: whether it is about writing reports, making decisions, or supervising corporate projects.
This book comes with one learner's CD-ROM. It also comes with valuable Standard & Poor's card; as well as beneficial online web-links. It certainly worths every cent that I spent on it.

I am a Chemical Engineer planning for MBA (Finance). I bought this book to have a head start. The book started with the fundamentals (like financial statement analysis) then ended at short-term and long-term Finance.

The book is full of examples and case studies impeded in each chapter. At chapter end you can take the interactive quiz's (provided in CD) to test your new knowledge. This book worth the money you invest in.

This book explains finance basics with realistic problems instead of giving simple examples which dont make sense in learning the concept. A useful source for students, includes excel and calculator (HP19B)shortcuts for problems.

Addendums are an important reference item. The entire text was thought provoking and challenging. I'm glad that I chose to "bite the bullet" and spend the 'extra' money on the text which is not the case with all UoP courses. This time it paid off.

This book came with a strong recommendation from my pal Besife Tonwe. If you want an indepth, clear and educational insight into corporate finance then i don't think you could do better than getting this book. Part 3 is tougher going but don't worry too much - once you have read through the book you can go back and do the exercises to firm up your knowledge. Great buy.

The book was missing the "student CD-ROM and the Standards & Poor's card .
The actual book was in good condition.

Th Book came quickly and in good condition. I would use the seller again.

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I needed this book for class and it seems to have a lot of answers in it to meet my assignment criteria. Of couse, reading it for PLEASURE is not what I do, but it's chock full of good business information.

Sources of financing, cash flow analysis, net present value, discounting, etc, it's all here. Most of all - ratios. They will be back, so learn them the first time good.

This book was last updated in 1988. The material is not current and the examples are not clear. It would help to have the formulas in the back of the book on the questions they have provided answers too.

When buying a book for this price, I would expect a more detail.