Stephen A. Ross,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Randolph W. Westerfield,
University of Southern California Bradford D. Jordan,
University of Kentucky
ISBN: 0073405132 Copyright year: 2008
Feature Summary
Incorporates a concept building approach to learning. Chapter sections are intentionally kept short to promote a step-by-step, building block approach to learning. Each section is followed by a series of short concept questions that highlight the key ideas just presented before moving on to new material. Also, the crucial topic of the time value of money is covered in two chapters, allowing for a patient, building block approach. This is a hallmark of the highly successful Ross, Westerfield, Jordan textbooks.
Highlighted concepts , found throughout the text, are important ideas pulled out and presented in a shaded box. They signal to students that this material is important for their understanding. This is vital, since many students have difficulty prioritizing the most important concepts.
Numbered Examples are extensively integrated into the chapters. These examples provide detailed applications and illustrations of the material in a step-by-step format. Each example is completely self-contained so that students don’t have to search for additional information. These are valuable learning aids because they provide both detail and explanation.
Pedagogical use of color —this learning tool uses color in an extensive and largely self-evident role that alerts students to the relationship between numbers in a discussion and an accompanying table or figure. The use of color is defined in the end sheets for quick reference.
Calculator Hints , are provided in relevant chapters to help students learn or brush up on their financial calculator skills. There is an appendix (D) with instructions for using the HP-10B and TI BA II Plus Financial Calculators . Spreadsheet Strategies are also included to help students with their Excel spreadsheet skills. This feature appears in self-contained sections and shows students how to set up spreadsheets to analyze common financial problems—a vital part of every business student’s education!
Numerous Internet features, including “Work the Web” boxes that show students how to research financial issues using the web and how to use the information they find to make business decisions. Web Exercises are in the end of chapter materials, and require students to use the Internet to solve the problem. Web annotations, located in the margins within chapters, specifically accompany text material and provide students and instructors with a quick way to check for current and additional information using the Internet.
Chapter-Opening Vignettes with Functional Integration Links—each chapter begins with a recent real-world event to introduce students to the chapter concepts. Since many non-finance majors use this text, a brief paragraph linking the vignette and chapter concepts to majors in marketing, management, and accounting is included.
Every chapter ends with a set of Critical Thinking Questions that challenge students to apply the concepts they have learned from the real-world examples in the chapter to new situations.
Summary Tables succinctly restate key principles, results, and equations. They appear whenever it is useful to emphasize and summarize a group of related topics.
Homework Manager Packaging Option ! This exciting web-based program will help your students learn corporate finance by duplicating problems from each chapter in the textbook and by providing automatic grading and feedback to both students and instructors. Instructors have great flexibility by controlling the rules and policies for assignments, which can range from self-study sessions to homework sessions to proctored exams. Homework Manager can also be set in “algorithmic” mode to present students with new data each time an assignment is worked, so they can work on fresh problems with the same structure until they master the concept. Immediate scoring and feedback helps guide and optimize student learning. Instructors can assign problems and have them automatically graded—a great time saver! The 5 th edition Test Bank is also included in Homework Manager for online testing and grading. Homework Manager is available packaged with Essentials of Corporate Finance for an additional $15.
Homework Manager Plus! This packaging option combines all the great features of Homework Manager, along with access to an online version of Essentials of Corporate Finance, linked to additional study features, so that students can easily refer back to the text for review and guidance. One Pass is available for an additional $30 with the text or $65 as a stand alone.
Excellent Online Learning Center at www.mhhe.com/rwj, includes Self-Study Software that allows students to test their knowledge of one or several chapters by using questions written specifically for the textbook. There are 75-100 questions per chapter. Excel Templates that correspond with many end of chapter problems are also provided, along with self-grading quizzes, and much more to help master the essentials of corporate finance.
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