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Finance: Applications and Theory
Finance , 3e, by Cornett/Adair/Nofsinger incorporates the newest technology to facilitate the learning process, saving valuable time for you and your students. The Third Edition continues to provide the core topics for the course, highlighting personal examples to help students relate to the material. Cornett's superior pedagogy, extensive end-of-chapter problems, emphasis on the personal perspective, and focus on the core concepts combine with a complete digital solution to help students achieve higher outcomes in the course. Connect is the only integrated learning system that empowers students by continuously adapting to deliver precisely what they need, when they need it, and how they need it, so that your class time is more engaging and effective.
768 pages, Hardcover
First published July 25, 2008
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January 18, 2020
I would rate this 3.5 stars if possible.
I liked the presentation of the book in many ways, and the 'Time Out' exercises helped, but often only a fraction of the end-of-chapter questions were coupled with answers at the back of the book. There were many of these questions, but with only a handful providing answers, many couldn't be used to any great effect as you wouldn't know whether you were right or wrong in some cases.
If read in the right way, the content could be surprisingly engaging, which is certainly a positive for a book of this sort, and the case studies dotted throughout certainly had the propensity to hold interest and help to make a topic clearer.
Overall, the book gives a fairly solid introduction to the main areas of Finance in general, with a focus on Corporate Finance. Some chapters focused on introducing other significant areas, however, such as Stocks, Bonds, International Finance, Modern Portfolio Theory etc; all of this alongside many more Corporate Finance-centred topics.
It should be noted that the textbook is American and as such is written very obviously with American students in mind. Everything here is still of value, but some things it touches on or assumes (such as corporate tax rates) may be different in the reader's territory if not the USA.
I liked the presentation of the book in many ways, and the 'Time Out' exercises helped, but often only a fraction of the end-of-chapter questions were coupled with answers at the back of the book. There were many of these questions, but with only a handful providing answers, many couldn't be used to any great effect as you wouldn't know whether you were right or wrong in some cases.
If read in the right way, the content could be surprisingly engaging, which is certainly a positive for a book of this sort, and the case studies dotted throughout certainly had the propensity to hold interest and help to make a topic clearer.
Overall, the book gives a fairly solid introduction to the main areas of Finance in general, with a focus on Corporate Finance. Some chapters focused on introducing other significant areas, however, such as Stocks, Bonds, International Finance, Modern Portfolio Theory etc; all of this alongside many more Corporate Finance-centred topics.
It should be noted that the textbook is American and as such is written very obviously with American students in mind. Everything here is still of value, but some things it touches on or assumes (such as corporate tax rates) may be different in the reader's territory if not the USA.
May 4, 2016
It wasn't a bad textbook, it just didn't line up with how my instructor taught the course, and so I didn't find it as helpful. This is the only reason I gave it two stars. Otherwise, it was very informative and easy to read.
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