Essentials of Corporate Finance

by Stephen A. Ross, Randolph Westerfield, Bradford Jordan

Essentials of Corporate Finance by Ross, Westerfield, and Jordan is written to convey the most important concepts and principles of corporate finance at a level that is approachable for a wide audience. The authors retain their modern approach to finance, but have distilled the subject down to the essential topics in 18 chapters. They believe that understanding the “why” is just as important, if not more so, than understanding the “how,” especially in an introductory course.

Genres: Textbooks, Business, Finance, Nonfiction, School, Reference

688 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

About the author

Stephen A. Ross is the Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics and a Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

In the past he occupied the Chair of Sterling Professor of Economics and Finance at Yale University and, before that, he was Professor of Economics and Finance at the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania).

Reviews

[Ritu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Winter Section Prereq - OMBA Program Stan State

[Corwin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I learned about corporate finance during my ECON 1745 class.

[Bernadette · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent read. Everything is well explained and the formulas are highlighted in helpful hint boxes.

[Kristy Buzbee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mostly pomp and jargon, with little real effort to communicate to someone in need of "essentials."

[Bryce · Rating 1 out of 5]

The formulas were abbreviated, which is fine, assuming they explain what has been abbreviated. Difficult to understand at times.

[Kabiru]

i is good

[*Layali* · Rating 2 out of 5]

I only read this for my Managerial Finance class. We will just say that I'm not a fan of finance and happy to be done with the class. :)

[Shaharayar Ahmed]

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