Richard A. Brealey,
London Business School Stewart C. Myers,
MIT Sloan School of Management Franklin Allen,
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
ISBN: 0073286982 Copyright year: 2008
Retained Features
This text remains one of the most authoritative and comprehensive presentations of financial theory and practice available. The authors continue to reinforce their underlying theme of presenting theory as a way of helping financial managers solve practical problems. Customers can trust Brealey, Myers and Allen to get it right—both theory and practical applications. This book is a valued reference for thousands of practicing financial managers, and is the leading text worldwide.
Concept Review Questions. These questions review the concepts illustrated within a particular chapter. The first three questions are featured in the text, and additional questions are found on the Online Learning Center at www.mhhe.com/bma9e
Controversies in the field of finance are thoroughly covered throughout the book. The authors lay out the various views on issues, and present their opinions. Users find these very interesting for lively classroom discussions. Recent events that have provoked discussion or controversy have been included in this edition: the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley, the backdating of stock options, the growth in the market for credit derivatives, and the spinning of IPOs by investment banks.
Examples from a variety of industries, such as oil, pharmaceutical, gas and electric utilities are included.
Finance in the News, these boxed readings feature articles from financial periodicals as well as special items of interest.
Excel Treatment. A number of tables/exhibits are shown in the text as Excel spreadsheets. A “live” spreadsheet is contained on the book’s Online Learning Center (www.mhhe.com/bma9e), denoted by an icon. Readers can use these spreadsheets to understand better the calculations behind the table and to see the effect of changing the underlying data. A number of end of chapter questions ask students to use the spreadsheets to check that they understand the effect of changing inputs. The spreadsheet templates for the associated end of chapter problems are also available on the Online Learning Center, denoted by an icon.
“Web-friendly.” There are web references in the text, as well as an updated and expanded list of useful Part websites that are available on the OLC. Web Projects in selected chapters that give the reader the opportunity to gain experience with useful financial websites.
Mini-cases. Located at the end of selected chapters, these have been revised and include specific questions to guide the case analyses. Answers to the mini-cases are available to instructors on the book’s website.
S&P Market Insight Problems are included in end of chapter questions and have been expanded. These problems require the use of the Educational Version of Market Insight, taking advantage of Standard & Poor’s powerful and well-known Compustat Ò database. These problems provide instructors with an easy, online way to incorporate current, real-world data into the classroom. Access to this rich online resource is FREE with every new copy of the book.
Online Learning Center for textbook includes Interactive Quizzes, Concept Review Questions, PowerPoint presentations, Video Clips, Excel spreadsheet templates, and many useful web links.
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