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Principles of Corporate Finance, Concise Edition, 2/e

Richard A. Brealey, London Business School
Stewart C. Myers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania

ISBN: 0073530743
Copyright year: 2011

Feature Summary



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 a version of the leading text worldwide.
  • 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.
  • 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/bma), 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.
  • 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 now housed in the Real-Time Data Analysis section included among the end of chapter questions. These problems require the use of the Educational Version of Market Insight, taking advantage of Standard & Poor's powerful and well-known Compustat 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.

New Features:

  • Every chapter has been reviewed and revised to reflect the recent credit crisis. Significant updates include:
    • The discussion of agency costs and the importance of good governance in Chapter 1
    • The review of market efficiency that now includes expanded content on asset price bubbles in Chapter 11
    • The coverage of the effect of the crisis on money-market mutual funds in the Appendix to Chapter 19
  • Useful Spreadsheet Functions boxes have been added to select chapters to walkthrough how to use Excel functions and spreadsheets when applying financial concepts.
  • Numbered and Titled Examples are now called out and featured within chapters to further illustrate concepts.
  • Real-Time Data Analysis section has been added to the end of chapter material in select chapters. Standard & Poor's problems as well as additional web exercises are housed together in this area. Students will be asked to apply real financial data in order to solve the problems supplied in this section.
  • A new, full-color design and more real world examples make the book more appealing and relevant to today's students.
  • Increased international coverage reflects the reality that financial managers work more than ever in an international environment. More cross-border comparisons or non-U.S. examples have been added throughout the text.

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