Foundations of Finance (7th Edition) (MyFinanceLab Series)
Foundations of Finance (7th Edition) (MyFinanceLab Series)
Foundations of Finance enables students to see the big picture by letting them understand the logic that drives finance rather than having them memorize formulas. The book motivates the study of finance with a focus on five underlying principles.
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Principles of Managerial Finance (12th Edition)
Gitman’s proven Learning Goal System—a hallmark feature of Principles of Managerial Finance—weaves pedagogy into concepts and practice, providing readers with a road map to guide them through the text and supplementary tools. The Twelfth Edition now includes an emphasis on personal finance issues to add currency and relevance to the already cohesive learning framework.
Introduction to Managerial Finance: The Role and Environment of Managerial Finance; Financial Statements and
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September 10th, 2010 at 12:31 am
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This is an excellent text. I’ve read it thoroughly. The material , as presented, assumes a robust course in accounting at the college level. This text is for a student desiring a complete rendition in basic finance topics and techniques. The text is replete with many examples and challenging problems of various complexities. The presentation is easy to read. The book is directed to students perhaps majoring in economics or finance. It is not a purely descriptive rendition of finance. Aconsiderable amount of so called “numbers crunching” is involved in reviewing this text. As such, the book serves the analytic student optimally. The text is devoid of the most complicated analytics inherent in “quantitatively oriented texts”. There is a good appendix on the use of financial calculators ,as well as, present value calculations and other useful knowledge supplemental to the study of finance. This book would be most useful to students planning their careers as financial analysts, corporate planners or private entrepreneurs.
September 10th, 2010 at 1:22 am
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This was the best. A very clear and concise book for the serious student being introduced to the subject of Finance. Other books on the subject I’ve seen are very abstruse or just plain hard to read aside from weighing a ton. I had another book twice as thick to complement this one and my class abandoned it in short order. This book is comparatively light and chalk full of useful ideas and examples laid out in an organized and methodical manner. The generous use of charts and tables was executed well. Probably as simple as finance can possibly be put while still retaining the rigor and teaching the processes necessary for making financial computations. Topics included are on basic valuation of various securities and projects using discounted cash flows, capital budget management, liquidity management, etc. I’m still learning from it after school. There simply wasn’t enough time to fully cover everything in the book that I would have wanted. Now I’m ready to tackle more advanced corporate finance books/materials. This is an introductory book for someone who may be interested in becoming a financial analyst but is obviously geared to the educational market for use in schools. The academic slant limits its applicability somewhat. Although it may give a stock market player who wants to start understanding the systematic process involved in the valuation of securities on a cash flow basis some insight for example, discussion on valuation by multiples like P/Es is virtually absent. Nonetheless a great book.
September 10th, 2010 at 1:58 am
Review by W Boudville for Foundations of Finance (7th Edition) (MyFinanceLab Series)
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Assuming no prior knowledge of finance, the text affords you an extensive education in the subject. The authors span a wide gamut of ideas. As in discussing the time value of money. Nowadays, this involves extensive simulations via spreadsheets, and the book shows using Excel how you can gainfully tweak parameters to see differing results. The ready availability of spreadsheets and calculators is put to good use throughout the book. Burdensome calculations are delegated to those devices, leaving you to deal with the higher level issues.
There is a huge number of exercises in each chapter. Clearly aimed at the undergrad environment. There is also a “Web Works” section ending the chapters. Here, the authors refer you to numerous websites germane to the chapter. The book avoids a reference section in each chapter, where this would give a list of texts or journal papers. Instead, the Web Works takes its place. A good call. Today’s readers are far more likely to actually utilise it and peruse the links. Simply because it is a lot easier to type in those URLs (yes, even manually type them into a browser) than it is to go to a library and hunt down a bunch of texts.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:06 am
Review by Osman Nal for Foundations of Finance (7th Edition) (MyFinanceLab Series)
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I am a junior finance faculty. After instructing economics courses for several years it was the first time I’d be teaching finance. I’ve been using this book for almost 2 months now. It is clear and very well organized.
The first 4 chapters elaborates on how to read the financial statements of a firm. The chapters that follow discuss the valuation of financial securities. The appendix is very concise since it focuses on how to use a financial calculator, which is a must for a financial manager. The remaining chapters of the book focus on various topics like investment and capital budgeting decisions as well as dividend policy of a firm.
I highly recommend this book as a primary text for undergraduate finance courses.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:13 am
Review by A. Schiff for Foundations of Finance (7th Edition) (MyFinanceLab Series)
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I bought this book for an intro course in finance. Unlike many textbooks, the authors clearly make their prejudices known immediately. I appreciated this. So many textbooks either attempt to disguise their prejudices under a veneer of impartiality or are so bland that it is impossible to tell that the topics being discussed may be subject to some dispute. The practice problems are very helpful in conveying both the logic behind various analyses and how those analyses are implemented in practice. This is the first textbook in my graduate management program that I actually liked.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:38 am
Review by J. Tomy Indarto for Principles of Managerial Finance (12th Edition)
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This book “Principles of Managerial Finance” by Lawrence J Gitman is very helpfull for MBA students, graduates, or professional managers. The methods for finance analysis is very clear and straightforward and easy to understand.
The sample cases (based on actual cases) help give insights to readers towards how to implement finance theory into real life finance problem solving.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:56 am
Review by Jer for Principles of Managerial Finance (12th Edition)
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Thank You! Good condition and it came it time. True to their words. That’s all I ask for.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:17 am
Review by Milton J. Acosta for Principles of Managerial Finance (12th Edition)
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I really liked the fact that the book got here when I expected it to arrive here. The book was in great condition and it is a great book overall.