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Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice

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This is my first corporate finance textbook at the graduate level. Damodaran's presentation is straight-forward in terms of its logical order, and his language is very readable. My key complaint -- and it recurs throughout the book -- is that the author does not clearly lay out theory before moving into detailed real-world applications. As a result, often the reader is left reverse-engineering key concepts from case studies. The first few times you have to do this, it seems challenging, but by the tenth or twentieth chapter you've had it. It's got some elements of a great book, but because of its lack of clarity I can only give it 3 stars.

The concepts are easy to understand. The author provides many examples to illustrate how the theory works. I recommended this book to my friends who are interested in finance, and at least 16 people bought it through amazon.com.

I have used the previous edition, and could not wait to received the updated (2001) edition. The book is well written for the layman, but yet challenging enough for the pro. The information is timely and comprehensive but most importantly, the examples and the numerical and mathemetical demonstrations are meaningful and easy to follow. In effect using this text suggests that one gets two for the price of one, that is, a Finance and a Mathematics/Statistics exposition for the price of only "corporate finance."

Compared to many other Corporate Finance books I enjoy this one for a structure of the presented material , clear explanations supported by real examples, concept checks , odd numbers answers (provided at the end of the textbook) to the exercises. Definitely it gives me a guidance to handle many everyday cases.
This one is the first Corporate F. book I used to study without feelings of something boring , abstract , overloaded by awesome math.
I would give 5 stars if Online Study Tools had items: "eGrade Self-test" , "Business Extra" materials (as specified - Coming Soon!) and (to many Chapters)- "Additional Readings" from business articles / websites.

This is a very well written book. We have used this book for our financial management class Howard University. I personally proud to know that there are still people like Prof. Damodaran out there, people who can make time to ensure that knowledge is freely available to the students. Prof. Damodaran is one the best minds that has ever happened to the field of Finance.

Just the best for practicing problems

Compared to many other Corporate Finance books I enjoy this one for a structure of the presented material , clear explanations supported by real examples, concept checks , odd numbers answers (provided at the end of the textbook) to the exercises. Definitely it gives me a guidance to handle many everyday cases. In addition , for me truly helpful is huge information on the textbook"s website.
This one is the first Corporate F. book I used to study without feelings of something boring , abstract , overloaded by awesome math.
I would give 5 stars if Online Study Tools had items: "eGrade Self-test" , "Business Extra" materials (as specified - Coming Soon!) and (to many Chapters)- "Additional Readings" from business articles / websites.

The book was in great condition and the seller sent it quickly. The book itself is not thrilling since its for school but its still a good book. Answers provided in the back of the text for odd #'s help out in solving the problems at the end of each chapter.

So clear, didactic and with good examples, makes it one of the best choices in the market. If you are dubious, take the next step