Corporate Finance (Book Only) - Hardcover

Graham, John; Smart, Scott B.; Megginson, William L

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9780324782967: Corporate Finance (Book Only)

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ISBN 10: 0324782969 ISBN 13: 9780324782967

Publisher: South-Western College Pub, 2009

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The second edition is the most up-to-date and relevant book on the market. It has been restructured to match the way the course is taught. Theory: No other MBA book will be as current or as comprehensive in covering theory. Applications: Special effort was made to build cross-functional applications in the book?in examples and in the end-of-chapter problems. The material is relevant to all students of business, not just finance majors. Greater focus is given on Excel as a tool to solve finance problems including SmartExcel appendices. Practice: Mini cases are added to increase the number of analytical (critical thinking) problems. In addition, there is a wealth of resources to assist the student in practicing the concepts in the book, most significantly, SmartFinance. SmartFinance online resources are integrated within the text with an icon directing the student to accompanying reinforcement/resource. SmartFinance includes: *SmartConcepts - animations to help students work through those most difficult quantitative financial concepts in a chapter. *Smart Ideas - video clips of the academic explaining a theory they developed or heavily researched. *SmartPractices - videos clips of industry executives talking about how the concept being covered relates to real companies. *SmartEthics - video clips of industry executives or academics speaking about impact ethics or lack there of has in the marketplace. *SmartQuizzing - quizzes for each chapter that help students check their degree of understanding of chapter concepts.

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About the Author:

John Graham is the D. Richard Mead Professor of Finance at Duke University where he also serves as the Director of the Duke/CFO Global Business Outlook survey. He is coeditor of the Journal of Finance and has published more than three dozen scholarly articles in journals such as the Journal of Financial Economics, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Accounting and Economics, and many others. John is one of the most prolific and widely cited scholars of his generation, and he is a three-time win¬ner of the Jensen Prize for the best corporate finance paper published in the Journal of Financial Economics. John is a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, and he has received recognition for outstanding teaching and faculty contribu¬tions at Duke and the University of Utah.

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