Intermediate Financial Management (The Dryden Press series in finance) [Hardcover]

Eugene F. Brigham (Author), Louis C. Gapenski (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0030097746 | ISBN-13: 978-0030097744 | Publication Date: April 1987 | Edition: 2nd

Comprehensive text with enough background material to refresh and reinforce earlier courses in corporate finance and enough advanced material to stimulate the most advanced learner. The predominant strengths of clarity, current coverage, and friendliness to learner and instructors continues in this new edition. Some of the areas where coverage has been expanded include corporate governance and reform, valuation, value based management, cash flow, and newly updated material on real options. The instructor's resources enable outstanding presentations and learning.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I like to use the same text in Intermediate and Advanced, but it is not necessary. I guess my reasoning is that I find Brigham and Daves works well in both courses. I use the Web Chapters and Web Extensions very much in the Capstone course, which I find to be a great selling point to using that text for the capstone. I am also very happy in using the text for Intermediate, so it is a winner for me."

"I currently am using the Brigham/Daves text [and] I especially like the coverage of finance topics in this textbook. It is timely and provides a lot of material not found in other intermediate finance textbooks.…" --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. Dr. Brigham received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Brigham has served as president of the Financial Management Association and has written more than the 40 journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure, and other aspects of financial management. The ten textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that he authored or co-authored are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States, and have been translated into 11 languages worldwide. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous electric, gas, and telephone rate cases at both federal and state levels. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, and the RAND Corporation. Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult, and complete research in addition to his text writing. He spends his spare time on the golf course, enjoying time with his family and dogs, and tackling outdoor adventure activities, such as biking through Alaska.

Dr. Phillip R. Daves received his B.A. in economics from Davidson College, his M.S. in mathematics, and his Ph.D. in finance from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. His research interests encompass Health Care Finance, Asset Pricing, Derivative Securities, and Dividend Policy. Dr. Daves has published papers in journals including THE JOURNAL OF FINANCE, THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FINANCE, APPLIED FINANCIAL ECONOMICS, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, and THE JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS. His special interests in teaching include Health Care Finance, Investments, Financial Management, and Asset Pricing--which he teaches at the undergraduate, M.B.A., and Ph.D. levels. His consulting focuses on Business Valuation, Compensation, Value Based Management, and Health Care Policy. He has consulted for a range of large and small companies as well as the State of Tennessee. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 928 pages
• Publisher: Dryden Press,U.S.; 2nd edition (April 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0030097746
• ISBN-13: 978-0030097744
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.7 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,496,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is Graduate Research Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. Dr. Brigham received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to coming to the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin, and the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Brigham served as president of the Financial Management Association and wrote more than the 40 journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure, and other aspects of financial management. The ten textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that he authored or co-authored are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States, and have been translated into 11 languages worldwide. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous electric, gas, and telephone rate cases at both federal and state levels. He has served as a consultant to many corporations and government agencies, including the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, the U.S. Office of Telecommunications Policy, and the RAND Corporation. Dr. Brigham continues to teach, consult, and do research, as well as work on textbooks. He spends his spare time on the golf course, enjoying time with his family and dogs, and tackling outdoor adventure activities, such as biking through Alaska.

Customer Reviews

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A tough way to learn advanced finance, February 27, 2005

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Scott A. Taylor "olasmuchos" (Central Cal, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intermediate Financial Management, 8th Edition (Hardcover)

I'm a finance undergrad and currently in an MBA program and had to use this book for my advanced topics in finance class. The book is a difficult read. Hard to mow your way through the subjects and come out feeling like you learned something. CD is only mildly helpful. I also purchased the study guide and it was just as poorly designed/organized/written as the book.

If you have to use the book for a class, plan on getting one of Aswath Damordaran's books to supplement it. Damordaran is just hands down a better teacher, author and makes finance fun again.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Finances, March 15, 2006

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DLS "Drift" (Onalaska, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intermediate Financial Management, 8th Edition (Hardcover)

I am presently in a MBA program and have been forced to use this book for our intermediate financial decison class. I have found it to be of very little help and actually muddles things more than clarifying or explaining finances. I have bought 3 other financial books in order to understand the class, all of them better written and far cheaper. This book is terrible in its' semi-explanations of financial formulas. Trying to tie these formulas and examples into any sort of problem application is almost impossible. If you end up having to use this book for a class, you must be prepared to spend a lot more time and money in searching for books that will truly do the job right.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Financial Book Review, March 16, 2006

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Joe B "Frustrated Finance Freak" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intermediate Financial Management, 8th Edition (Hardcover)

I am an MBA student and had to use this book for my Advanced Finance class. It is the most usless book I have purchased for any MBA class. VERY hard to follow and it provides very complicated and unclear examples of how to solve problems or understand concepts. I also got the study guide which was more helpful than the book itself, but it also was horrible. I am not sure why professors choose this book. I used my other finance books and the Internet to help me get through the class, as this book was hard to read, not well organized and offered little help to answer questions that required financial calculations. You better be up on finance topics, statistics, and know all the little symbols because that's all the book provides you. It does little to help you apply real world solutions to "theoretical" problems.