LECTURE NOTES IN INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE (World Scientific Lecture Notes in Finance, 1) - Hardcover

Brick Ivan E

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9813149884 ISBN 13: 9789813149885

Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc, 2017

Synopsis

This volume will introduce the reader to basic topics of corporate finance. The notes will provide an integrative model that will help students evaluate projects, examine financing alternatives and assess a firm.

With problems and detailed solutions at the end of each chapter, this volume will also greatly benefit financial managers and investors. Corporate finance is a discipline from the firm's perspective and addresses the concerns of the Chief Financial Officer of the firm. Additionally, investors need to understand why firms make certain decisions so that they better recognize what drives firm value.

These lecture notes assume no previous knowledge of finance, and are written in conversational style that makes the topics more accessible and easy to comprehend and absorb.

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About the Author

Professor Ivan Brick joined Rutgers Business School at Newark and New Brunswick in 1978. He has been the Chair of the Finance and Economics department since 1996. Professor Brick has published numerous papers in academic journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Quantitative Analysis, International Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Corporate Finance, and Financial Management. His research interests include corporate finance, optimal security design and corporate governance. Currently, he is an associate editor for the Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Previously, he has served as an Associate Editor of Financial Management and Multinational Finance Journal. Professor Brick has received several teaching awards at the Rutgers Business School. He received the "Outstanding Educator Award" by the 1995 Executive MBA Class. Professor Brick was awarded the "Farrokh Langdana Excellence in Teaching Award" by the 2011 MBA Class. In 2012, the Newark Undergraduate Program awarded him the Dean's Advisory Council Award for the "Most Knowledgeable Finance Professor", "The Most Caring Finance Professor", as well as "The Most Motivational Finance Professor". For his outstanding service, Professor Brick was awarded the RBS Dean's Service Award in 2013 and 2016.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9813149884
• ISBN 13: 9789813149885
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264