Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (Hardcover)

by Richard A. Brealey (Author), Stewart C. Myers (Author), Alan J. Marcus (Author) "This book is an introduction to corporate finance and the profession of financial management..." (more)
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Product Description
In the first edition, Brealey, Myers, Marcus were applauded for their intuitive approach and imbedded examples. Professors constantly praised their well-organized and thoughtful writing style and their clear exposition of what many students consider difficult material. The authors accomplished this without sacrificing an up-to-date, technically correct treatment of core topic areas. Since this author team is known for their outstanding research, teaching efforts, and market leading finance textbooks, it's no surprise that they have created an innovative, modern, and market-driven revision.

About the Author
Alan Marcus is professor of finance in the Wallace E. Carroll School of Management at Boston College. He received his PHD in Economics from MIT in 1981. Professor Marcus recently has been a visiting professor at the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration and at MIT's Sloan School of Management and has served as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also established the Chartered Financial Analysts Review Program at Boston College. Professor Marcus has published widely in the fields of capital markets and portfolio management, with an emphasis on applications of futures and options pricing models. His consulting work has ranged from new product development to provision of expert testimony in utility rate proceedings. He also spend two years at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), where he developed models of mortgage pricing and credit risk, and he currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Currency Risk Management Alliance of State Street Bank and Windham Capital Management Boston. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies; 2nd edition (April 28, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070074860
• ISBN-13: 978-0070074866
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,251,747 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for very beginners, July 18, 2000

By A Customer

I and my friends(with no business background) are studying corporate finance by ourselves using this book and all of us are very satisfied with the book so far.

The concepts are explained very clearly(even kindly) and sample tests with complete solutions are very useful. The book also has solutions for selected end-of-the chapter problems and I enjoy mini cases which help me apply the concepts to the practice in detail.

I had tried other finance books before and most of them were not clear in explaining concepts and a bit difficult for me(my major was chemistry). I think that this book is probably the easiest and the best book to begin with for starters in finance.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, March 29, 2008

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11 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars From zero to understanding finance concept by concept., March 28, 2000

By A Customer

This book is excelent for understanding finance from scratch. I read the spanish translation of this book. It is not a book "for dummies". It teaches each concept at a time in a clear way.