Product Description

Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications, 2nd edition, by Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe and Jordan was written to convey the most important corporate finance concepts and applications at a level that is approachable to the widest possible audience. The concise format, managerial context and design, and student-friendly writing style are key attributes to this text. RWJJ Core Principles strikes a balance by introducing and covering the essentials, while leaving more specialized topics to follow-up courses. This text distills the subject of corporate finance down to its core, while also maintaining a decidedly modern approach. The well-respected author team is known for the clear, accessible presentation of material that makes this text an excellent teaching tool.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9786 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 698 pages

About the Author
Stephen Ross is presently the Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of the most widely published authors in finance and economics, Professor Ross is recognized for his work in developing the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and his substantial contributions to the discipline through his research in signaling, agency theory, option pricing, and the theory of the term structure of interest rates, among other topics. A past president of the American Finance Association, he currently serves as an associate editor of several academic and practitioner journals. He is a trustee of CalTech, a director of the College Retirement Equity Fund (CREF), and Freddie Mac. He is also the co-chairman of Roll and Ross Asset Management Corporation.

Randoloph W. Westerfield is Dean of the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California and holder of the Robert R. Dockson Dean’s Chair of Business Administration. From 1988 to 1993, Professor Westerfield served as the chairman of the School’s finance and business economics department and the Charles B. Thornton Professor of Finance. He came to USC from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was the chairman of the finance department and member of the finance faculty for 20 years. His areas of expertise include corporate financial policy, investment management and analysis, mergers and acquisitions, and stock market price behavior. Professor Westerfield has served as a member of the Continental Bank trust committee, supervising all activities of the trust department. He has been consultant to a number of corporations, including AT&T, Mobil Oil and Pacific Enterprises, as well as to the United Nations, the U.S. Department of Justice and Labor, and the State of California.

Bradford D. Jordan is Professor of Finance and Gatton Research Fellow in the Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics at the University of Kentucky. He has a long-standing interest in both applied and theoretical issues in corporate finance, and has extensive experience teaching all levels of corporate finance and financial management policy. Professor Jordan has published numerous articles on issues such as cost of capital, capital structure, and the behavior of security prices.

Customer Reviews

Decent Textbook but you better buy the Solutions Guide Also
This textbook was an ok read, with many examples listed in the chapter. However, I was suprised by the lack of solutions in the back of the book and on top of that several were wrong. If one was to purchase this book for a Finance class, I would urge them to also purchase the Solutions guide also sold on Amazon(here's the link:Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications). The solution guide was an invaluable resource as it provides not just the solutions to every end of chapter problem, but it also shows the various steps taken to arrive at the solution. Also, it provides in-depth explanations for the more challenging problems. In conclusion, one better buy the solutions guide in addition to this textbook if they wish to get a solid understanding of the material.

I pity you if your professor has chosen this book
This book is horrifically written, strays too far into the technical aspects of finance and lacks an understandable review of concepts and strategies. It frequently uses terminology it does not define and its organization lacks any kind of logic. I recommend what I ended up doing for my MBA finance class- get Higgins' book "Analysis for Financial Management" and find out what a finance textbook should really be like. I would give this book no stars if I could.

Amazing Textbook
Finance can be a difficult and tedious subject. This is an excellent beginners book. Worth the money.