Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, PowerWeb + CD, 5ed

Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, by Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Alan J. Marcus, has been applauded for its modern approach and interesting examples. Professors praise the authors’ well-organized and thoughtful writing style and their clear exposition of what many students consider difficult material. The authors accomplish this without sacrificing an up-to-date, technically correct treatment of core topic areas. Since this author team is known for their outstanding research, teaching efforts, and market-leading finance textbooks, it’s no surprise that they have created an innovative, and market-driven revision that is more student friendly than ever. Every chapter has been reviewed and revised to reflect the current environment in corporate finance.

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction
1- The Corporation and the Financial Manager
2- Why Firms Need Financial Markets and Institutions
3- Accounting and Finance Part Two: Value
4- The Time Value of Money
5- Valuing Bonds
6- Valuing Stocks
7- Net Present Value and Other Investment Criteria
8- Using Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis to Make Investment Decisions
9- Project Analysis

Part Three: Risk
10- Introduction to Risk, Return, and the Opportunity Cost of Capital
11- Risk, Return, and Capital Budgeting
12- The Cost of Capital and Company Valuation Part Four: Financing
13- Introduction to Finance and Governance
14- Venture, Capital, IPOs, & Seasoned Offerings

Part Five: Debt and Payout Policy
15- Debt Policy
16- Payout Policy

Part Six: Financial Analysis and Planning
17- Financial Statement Analysis
18- Financial Planning
19- Short-Term Planning
20- Working Capital Management

Part Seven: Special Topics
21- Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control
22- International Financial Management
23- Options
24- Risk Management

Part Eight: Conclusion
25- What We Do and Do Not Know About Finance

About the Author
Alan Marcus is professor of finance in the Wallace E. Carroll School of Management at Boston College. He received his PHD in Economics from MIT in 1981. Professor Marcus recently has been a visiting professor at the Athens Laboratory of Business Administration and at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and has served as a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He also established the Chartered Financial Analysts Review Program at Boston College. Professor Marcus has published widely in the fields of capital markets and portfolio management, with an emphasis on applications of futures and options pricing models. His consulting work has ranged from new product development to provision of expert testimony in utility rate proceedings. He also spend two years at the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), where he developed models of mortgage pricing and credit risk, and he currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Currency Risk Management Alliance of State Street Bank and Windham Capital Management Boston.