Customer Reviews

Essentials of Corporate Finance

5 star:		(25)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(6)

 

 

The only great thing about this book is its small size and thats about it. The text doesn't do a very good job of explaining the ideas and concepts. Say you are given certain parts of an equation it doesn't really show you how to use to components to solve for the right number. Instead it gives you a wonderful GENERAL overview of an idea that is minimal in explanation. I'm almost at the point of flipping out because the lack of explanations and I'm only on Chapter 2.

i think that the guide that came with my book, which shows pictures of the slides that professors are supposed to use was completely usless, if you have to purchase this book for a class, try and get a used copy. It is not worth the price you have to pay. There is another book by Breyli and Meyers titles Corporate Finance which is much more comprehensive and much better.

I'm an MBA student with quite a number of courses finished. I'm over half way through the finance course that uses this book and have found it to be written very well. The example problems are great, and the explanations are thorough. Our professor did make available the answers to the questions at the back of the book and used the powerpoints developed by the author. All in all the only drawback I could find was cost (as usual with college texts). As a side note, several students did use the 4th edition in our class with the permission of the instructor and did just fine.

Great book for understanding finance and managing personal finances. Helped with USC finance class in Marshall school of Business.

Corporate Finance is a difficult subject. This book made it extremely difficult. Terms were not explained clearly or covered enough for anyone new to the subject to get an understanding. I used the web along with the text to get examples of what should have been more clearly illustrated in the textbook. I was very disapointed.

This is a great book. Very easy to read. Very easy to follow along with the examples given. Some of the practice problems take some extreme thought or extra lecture by the prof. to know how to do them. Other than that, this is an excellent book!

The author makes the material easy to understand and it is presented in a very accessible format. The book gives multiple examples and step-by-step instructions on using a financial calculator or Excel.

This book is required for a Finance course. This is one of the worst college level textbooks I have ever been exposed to. I am taking this course as a requirement for a 3rd college degree so I have bought a few textbooks.

There are answers to every other problem and not one explanation as to how the answer was derived. Oh wait!!!, you can buy the accompanying student workbook and there are some semi-explanations there.

If this book is intended to be a teaching tool it has failed. The authors deserve an F and should reconsider themselves as "professors" or educators.

My university will hear about this total waste of money.

Authors (of this book), educators and others: feel free to contact me and I will elaborate. I will also offer suggestions and solutions to better present the material where this textbook fails. [...]

When I purchased this book, it came to me shipped right, the packaging was great, it wasn't damaged but the good part is that this book is straightforward, it's not confusing. It basically tells you in the simpliest form so that you can understand. I really like this finance book and you don't get many books especially for college that are easy to read and understand. I give this book five stars.

This is a great finance book that makes learning easy. to get the most out of it you need a finance calculator like the hp bII. it shows how to use the calculator to find the answers to finance problems.