Book Description
This text remains the only text in the market that presents a balance of financial theory and applications. The authors maintain the same four goals as with the first edition: helping learners to make good financial decisions, providing a solid text for the introductory MBA course, motivating learners by demonstrating finance is relevant and interesting, and presenting the material clearly.
Customer Reviews:
First, they should learn to write sentences!.......2007-08-22
This book falls into the category of professors who know the material, but just can't communicate it. I can tell it was written on a schedule...sloppy wording, confusing definitions, and unintuitive examples and explanations. This information isn't that tough to understand...poor writing makes it so.
Here's a paragraph defining WACC, p.11.
Financial managers also must make finance decisions relating to how to finance the firm. In particular, what mix of debt and equity should be used, and what specific types of debt and equity should be issued? Also, what percentage of current earnings should be retained and reinvested rather than paid out as dividends? Along with these financing decisions, the general level of interest rates in the economy, the risk of the firm's operations, and stock market investors' overall attitude toward risk determine the rate of return that is required to satisfy a firm's investors. This is a return from investors' perspectives, but it is a cost from the company's point of view. Therefore, it is called the weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
As in the rest of the book, too many words, no directness or clarity.
Don't buy this book for self-study; you'll spend most of your time trying to decipher the obfuscating sentences.
finance student.......2007-07-09
I felt that the book was good. Some of the concepts could have been explained in better detail. I notice that on a lot of the chapters the authors repeated some of the material more than once. Some chapters need more practice problems like in chapter 5. This book explains the basic and fundamental concepts good but does not explained the difficult concepts good. Overall, this book was good.
Not a good book to learn from.......2007-06-01
This book's explanations were poor at best. It utilized undefined terms, and had a weak glossary/index.
Explanations of financial formulas were sorely lacking, and the organization of these formulas so that one could ever find them wasn't even attempted.
Not recommended.
Marcel Douven Netherlands.......2007-04-15
We used this "Brigham" for the course financial management, MBA programm.
The book gives a good overview and analysis of the main issues and is rather easy to understand and pleasant to read. You sould be aware that some issues are seen through the American glasses. Very usefull, I warmly recommend it.
Dissenting Opinion.......2007-02-27
Like many of the other reviewers, this text was required for my MBA program. As intro books go, I think that this book is much more advanced then what many reviewers have indicated.
Plus, my terms are 8 weeks long and this textbook is way, way too long for such a short time period. My school should adopt a textbook that is shorter in length. The book has over 25 long chapters. We barely studied half that before the term came to an end.
I felt that the layout of the text was not great. By this I mean, it would have been very helpful if, like other textbooks, the publishers/authors defined terms and concepts in the margins. Often times, the authors failed to provide clear definitions in the narrative forcing you to go to the glossary.
Next point, the authors present the material in long dense paragraphs which can be a challenge to get through. They need to break things up a bit more and interject more solved problems and examples.
I found this text more "academic" in nature and not something I could use as a reference on the job. I am looking for the practical and not the theory.
Bottomline, I would rather use a textbook that gets to the point faster, has more worked out problems, and is more visually inviting so to speak. For example, I have an old edition of Gitman's "Financial Management" and I like it much better then this textbook. The study guide that goes with Gitman's book is really good as well.
Meanwhile, I am debating whether to keep this text as reference or not.
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This supplement outlines the key sections of each chapter, and it provides students with a set of questions and problems similar to those in the text and in the Test Bank, along with worked-out solutions.
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Bad Editing & TONS of MISTAKES!.......2007-10-16
Practice problems are the best way to learn Financial Managment, and this book is useful because it not only gives the answers, but provides step-by-step solutions that walk you through the problem.
HOWEVER, the sample problems are littered with editing mistakes which will waste you valuable time when studying. For example, in the Self-Test Problems, questions will often refer to a previous problem, as in Chapter 6: "Refer to Self-test Problem 2. What would rx be if investors expected the inflation rate to increase by 2 percentage points and their risk aversion increased by 3 percentage points?"
Did the problem once. Got the wrong answer, Tried it again, still got the wrong answer. Reviewed the step-by-step solution provided. Realized that it SHOULD have read, "Refer to Self-test Problem 3" NOT 2. The result? A complete waste of time. This has happened to me more than a dozen times, and I'm not even 1/4 the way through the chapters.
Don't buy this study guide; it was clearly thrown together quickly and sloppily and they did an awful job of quality control and editing.
The difference between an A and a B.......2007-01-29
Halfway through my first semester of finance I was trying to understand why so many of my classmates were no longer struggling - turns out they had ordered this study guide. Generally I am not a fan of study guides, but this one is very comprehensive and gives wonderfully detailed explanations to all of its self-test problems - not just the answers. I ended up using this more than my actual text book and I highly recommend it to every student taking Finance.
Book is Okay.......2006-03-03
I thought that this study guide would follow the actual text book to the tee, but it does not. I was hoping it would follow the problems at the end of the chapters and explain in detail the problems.
Best Study Guide.......2004-10-09
This study guide was extremely helpful to me. It gives you all the main points and helps you understand the text better. I wish all study guides were this good!
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Excellent.......2007-09-13
It was in excellent shape and got what I was looking for. I am happy with it.
Great purchase!.......2007-09-05
The condition was exactly what it stated, and it was the cheapest with high quality.
Recommend.......2007-08-23
The product was delivered to me ahead of schedule through regular US Postal mail....no problems, new book, all is well!!!! Great source for MBA course.
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Continuing the four goals from the first edition, i.e. helping students to make good financial decisions, providing a solid text for the introductory MBA course, motivating students by demonstrating finance is relevant and interesting, and presenting the material clearly, this Tenth Edition promises to be the best yet. Written by a highly-acclaimed, best selling, author team, this text remains the only MBA-level text to present a balance of financial theory and applications.
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Since New Edition is available - not used much now.......2007-09-13
although I got one in good shape. Did not get the CD i was promised.
Find another finance book.......2004-07-20
This book is a nightmare; thoroughly confusing. Authors do not know how to teach! Brigham & Company will take 30 pages to explain a concept that can be done in 2 pages. I used this book for my finance class for my MBA; this one is not worth the money or your time.
Excellent Textbook. Retain After Graduation as Reference.......2003-11-01
As an MBA student, I have now had the opportunity to study different finance books. This is undoubtedly the best. The CD rom resources are excellent. I will certainly retain this book for refence after graduation.
Excellent!.......2003-09-27
This is no corporate finance for dummies book. So, don't expect to have "fun" with it. However, on a graduate level the book is near perfect. I especially appreciate its treatment of case studies - carrying the same case study from chapter to chapter where appropriate. There is a CDROM that contains, among other things, very useful and practical Excel templates for each chapter. The authors also provide foot notes that I encourage you to read. Many of them give the author's opinion of how the subject works in the real world verses the academic world. If you are the type that learns best by knowing the big picture first, make sure you get the Study Guide too.
My only beef with this text is in the index, which is woefully lacking -- rendering it less useful as a research source.
Terrible Book.......2003-09-16
This book is terrible. I am an educated person, but it seems that your undergrad must be in finance in order to get any use out of it. If you are required to use this book for your graduate finance class (and you don't have a degree in finance), please invest in the study guide. It will help you a great deal.
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The Theory and Practice of Revenue Management is a book that comprehensively covers theory and practice of the entire field, including both quantity and price-based RM, as well as significant coverage of supporting topics such as forecasting and economics. The authors believe such a comprehensive approach is necessary to fully understand the subject. A central objective of the book is to unify the various forms of RM and to link them closely to each other and to the supporting fields of statistics and economics. Nevertheless, the topics and coverage do reflect choices about what is important to understand RM. Hence, the book’s purpose is to provide a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of the state of the art in Revenue Management.
Customer Reviews:
Not a practical book.......2007-09-24
This is certainly a complete theoretical book on revenue management.
But for somebody like me who works on a revenue management system in a car rental company, it is not useful and can lead on the contrary to an overly complicated and impossible to implement system.
In any field there is always the theory and how people adapt it to real world cases and there is often a gap between the two.
There should be another book that shows the complete process (relatively simple cases should be good enough) of building a revenue management system starting from strictly real cases as related by the client, relating in particular the cost of the process and the benefit of the implementation as expressed by the client.
But does the authors have the experience necessary to the writing of such a book?
Jean-Jacques Laublé Eurli Allocar
Strasbourg France
Excellent Book.......2007-07-13
This is first book about Revenue Management that do no try to teach a "cake receipt" or to "adapt" RM from Airlines to Hotels. It's not a manual, it is scientific text that, above all, show the mathematics behind the RM policy. A must have to hotel managers!
A long-awaited, state-of-the-art summary of knowledge.......2004-08-23
The area of Revenue Management (sometimes called yield management) has been developing rapidly over the past decade. All major airlines, car rental companies and hotel chains currently employ Revenue Management systems and profitability of these systems is well documented. Books describing basic concepts of Revenue Management appeared long time ago (see Cross, "Revenue Management: Hard-core Tactics for Profit-making and Market Domination"). Yet, there was no single place to look for the theory behind Revenue Management systems. This long-awaited book represents a concise and up-to-date source of academic knowledge on the theory of Revenue Management as well as implementation aspects. It is a perfect reference for graduate students in Operations Research and for others interested in learning about state of the art in this area.
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Corporate Finance: Theory and Practice
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This bestseller offers a complete introduction to financial management and corporate finance modules for a one-year university course. It is a relatively non-mathematical text and its simple explanations of a complex area have made it extremely popular with students. The author's educational and training expertise is reflected at every stage of the book: worked examples are given after each explanation, followed by a chapter summary, `quickie' questions and more detailed practice questions. The `quickie' questions are all answered at the back of the book and the accompanying teacher's manual contains answers to all the remaining questions.
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Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice (Engineering & Technology)
Ted G. Eschenbach
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Thoroughly revised in this second edition,Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice combines real-world problems minicases, and examples with a solid theoretical foundation in engineering economy. This innovative book covers all the standard topics included in the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam. It clearly illustrates concepts and methods-such as cost estimating, sensitivity analysis, probability, and multiple objectives-needed for successful application of engineering economy in industry practice. In addition, fully integrated ExcelRG spreadsheets throughout the text function as indispensable analytical tools for problem-solving and understanding. Engineering Economy: Applying Theory to Practice, 2/e, is a comprehensive introductory text suitable for upper-division undergraduate courses, graduate courses, or as a professional reference. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION: BL Unique insight into using ExcelRG functions for MACRS depreciation BL New problems, examples, references, illustrations, graphs, and tables BL Minicase studies at the ends of most chapters BL Improved coverage of replacement analysis, inflation, and sensitivity analysis BL An appendix on engineering economy-based accounting BL More accessible presentation of analyzing the defender in replacement problems BL Discussion of geometric gradients unified with other engineering economy factors BL Comparison of mutually exclusive alternatives now precedes the treatment of constrained project selection/capital budgeting STUDENT CD-ROM-INCLUDED IN EVERY BOOK BL INTERACTIVE MULTIPLE-CHOICE PROBLEMS: A set of web-based problems that tests and reinforces knowledge of key concepts BL EXCELRG SPREADSHEET PROGRAM: Twenty-nine generators create quasi-random problem sets and solutions INSTRUCTOR SUPPLEMENTS BL A CD-ROM containing PowerPointRG overheads with accompanying Excel spreadsheets BL A SOLUTIONS MANUAL including answers to end-of-chapter problems and mini-cases, and transparency masters for all exhibits
Customer Reviews:
Very well written.......2006-01-11
Coming into the Cost Analysis class, I was not the biggest fan of engineering economy. This book, however, was very well written and very straight forward. I took this class at a graduate level, and felt it might be more appropriate at an undergraduate level. The concepts are very basic, and though it gets into more difficult problems near the end, the book does a good job of walking the reader through problems step-by-step. It also gives several good examples, though they are not as thorough in the last few chapters.
Overall, kudos to the author for making the subject comprehensible and interesting.
Book Description
This book is comprised of 45 articles written by top researchers and theorists in finance. The text is meant to bridge the gap between financial theory and practice. It gives instructors a way to introduce students to academic articles edited to eliminate the methodological content. The articles were originally edited for practitioners, so they are perfect for the MBA student. This reader is the perfect packaging option for any of our Corporate Finance texts.
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Review from MBA / GE student.......2005-07-22
This book is excellent reading. Foremost, it discusses clearly all of the major issues today in corporate finance - capital structure, "what investors want", incentives and performance measurement via Accounting versus Economic Value Added models, corporate architecture, etc. The author is extremely engaging, and I must admit, this is the first "text book" I've had that I wanted to keep reading. The author is sarcastic, opinionated, but objective all in one. An excellent purchase for a course or just if you're interested in understanding the way markets and corporate finance truly function.
A good book of ARTICLES but too academic........2004-04-27
Chew's New Corporate Finance is a quite decent book on journal articles on finance issues from a corporate standpoint. Other than your professor's own choice of favourite articles, Chew's may be the next best thing you can get. I won't give it a higher rating (4 or 5 star) because it lacks ground-breaking yet still easy-to-read articles from the less technical journals like Harvard Business Review, etc.
Most of the articles are too academic coming from more or less the same journals. Moreover, the more technical ones have difficult formulas and number-crunching statistics which are more appropriate for MBA and MSc in Finance students, or those in researchers in "high-level derivative work".
I have the second edition (1999) of this book and used it sparingly for my MBA in Finance. And I've browsed through this new edition - what I found was there were not many changes made, only a few new articles have been added. Perhaps inclusion of some non-American articles would do justice to this book. Chew still keeps the classic ones though, which are always relevant. The roundtable discussion on EVA is interesting but Chew does not include criticisms on EVA shortfalls or problems.
On the whole, this text should be a reasonable introduction to high-level Finance and also a good supplementary reading for those doing MBA in Finance. But the editor's selection between technical and easy-to-read-but-important articles still leaves much to be desired.....
practical as well as academic.......2000-05-31
This book challenges you about what you really understand on finance. Before I read this I didn't like finance at all because it seemed too simplified. This book shows how the real world and people think. Especially, its chapter on risk is of a great help. Now I'm interested in some fields of finance such as internal corporate governance, real option, more refined and practical concepts than EVA, etc.
A good reference for motivated MBAs and practitioners.......2000-05-15
As the title of the book clearly indicates, the text advances corporate finance beyond the theory presented in texts like Brealy and Myers. Thus, the text is geared towards a more sophisticated reading audience. In a collection of articles, academics and finance practitioners discuss the real world impact of capital budgeting, dividend/share repurchase policy, financial innovations (e.g. convertibles, commodity-linked bonds, derivatives, etc.), and bankruptcy on firms. Do not be scared off by the "academic" nature of this text. Unlike academic journals, the long-winded discussions on hypothesis testing and experimentation are abandoned (along with the high-level mathematics). The articles are very readable and any empirical evidence is presented in relatively friendly charts and graphs, which do a great job at providing the proper intuition. More importantly, the authors usually include real world anecdotal evidence to support the conclusions, as well.
Excellent summary of various aspects of corporate finance.......1999-09-30
An excellent compilation of articles by top academicians in the field of corporate finance. The articles are ideal for a person who wants to get a good grasp of any area of Corporate Finance. Warning: This is definitely not for the beginners. It is ideal for practitioners who are interested in learning more.
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Asset Management in Theory and Practice: An Introduction to Modern Portfolio Theory
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· Comprehensive but succinct introduction
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This succinct guide introduces the reader to the asset management industry and gives an insight in to the real-life environment in which fund managers work. The theories of diversification, managing of risks, immunising portfolios against interest rate changes are here related to the practices of real asset management firms and the many constraints under which they work. It represents a comprehensive introduction to the real workings of equity, bond and other asset management to investment strategy.
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