Introduction to Corporate Finance

The fifth edition of Introduction to Corporate Finance is a student friendly and engaging course that provides the most thorough, accessible, accurate, and current coverage of the theory and application of corporate finance within a uniquely Canadian context. Introduction to Corporate Finance will provide students with the skills they need to succeed not only in the course, but in their future careers.

LAURENCE BOOTH, DBA, MBA, MA (Indiana University); BS (London School of Economics), is Professor of Finance and holds the CIT chair in structured finance at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, where he was the finance area co-ordinator for almost 21 years. His major research interests are in capital markets, corporate finance, and the behaviour of regulated industries. He has published over 100 articles in various outlets and journals including major journals like Journal of Finance and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. He has also co]authored a textbook on international business and two on corporate finance. Currently he is on the editorial boards of several academic journals and is a past president of the Midwest Finance Association and the Multinational Finance Society.

SEAN CLEARY, CFA, is the BMO Professor of Finance and the Executive Director of the Institute for Sustainable Finance at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. Dr. Cleary holds a PhD in finance from the University of Toronto and an MBA, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder, and is a former board member of both the Atlantic Canada and Toronto CFA societies. He has also completed the Professional Financial Planning Course (PFPC), the Canadian Securities Course (CSC), and the Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) Mutual Fund Course.

IAN RAKITA, CFA, started teaching in the Department of Finance at Concordia University's John Molson School of Business in 1993 after extensive industry experience. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from McGill University, where he majored in mathematics, and his MBA from Concordia University. He earned his PhD from Concordia in 2000. From 1997-1998 he taught at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, where he received a commendation for teaching excellence. Dr. Rakita teaches courses at the undergraduate and graduate level in corporate finance, fixed income securities, and derivatives. He has also taught courses in operations research and business statistics. His research interests are in the microstructure of new and secondary equity offerings as well as the efficiency of Canadian capital markets and sustainable investing.