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Financial Management: Theory & Practice

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Any suggestions for copywriter or provide generic description of the product to be used for the Internet or non-channel specific applications. NOTE: If you have a book only version for this product, it is imperative that you provide a description that does not include any references to package elements. Striking a balance between solid financial theory and practical applications, Brigham/Ehrhardt's FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: THEORY AND PRACTICE, 14e gives readers a thorough understanding of the essential concepts they need to develop and implement effective financial strategies. The book begins with a presentation of corporate finance fundamentals before progressing to discussions of specific techniques that are used to maximize the value of a firm. It also thoroughly explores the recent financial and economic crises and the role of finance in the business world and in readers' personal lives. With its relevant and engaging presentation, cutting-edge coverage, and numerous examples, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT help readers become First in Finance.

1200 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

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Eugene F. Brigham

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39 reviews
June 13, 2015
I liked how the authors clearly indicated the importance and connection of the topic of each chapter within the flow of monies within the company. The spreadsheets used to illustrate the concepts were very good. In the spreadsheet problems at the end of most chapters were very helpful. Additionally, it was the first text in my MBA program to do a great job of providing instructions on how to use a financial calculator to solve various time value of money and calculate cash flow calculations.
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April 4, 2012
i am reading and i thinhk it needs for me, very much. so i like it
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May 30, 2013
Suspect this to be written for, and aimed at financial practitioners, rather than students with different backgrounds. Exhaustively thorough. Could use an editor. Or a primer for the lay-person, who is more likely to hear about corporate finance in the context of economy-destroying market bubbles or industry notables like Enron & AIG.

Caveat for technologists - you know that glazed look you see in people when you try to explain what we do, when you don't explain in a way that breaks down the jargon, or relates our discipline to people who don't do what we do for a living? Yeah; you're going to find out what that's like. Be ready to re-read chapters.

Caveat for MBA students relying on Excel - you will find rounding errors in the book in solutions to chapter problems, and they will annoy you greatly if you're learning this discipline for the first time. Brigham and Erhardt offer $10 bounty per number error found in the book - but only for non-rounding numerical errors. Make of that what you will.

Imagine that an e-book edition, heavily cross-referenced, would be useful.

Rating this 3/5. Informs and instructs, but difficult to parse for non-practitioners, and does not replicate answers calculated against common tools.
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February 8, 2011
Didn't really love this book, mostly because it wasn't relevant due to the professor's teaching style and content. There wasn't a lot of crossover. Annoying to me was the amount of errors in the answer key! Do they even check their answers?
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July 1, 2021
I had to use this book for me Corporate Finance class and it's a lot. It has a lot of information in it and the back had the formulas will together which was very helpful.
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December 1, 2024
I know stocks
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November 2, 2022
I read parts of this for my MBA and I’m reading it again to understand the ins and outs of finance in the corporate world. It’s probably the gold standard for understanding finance and it’s been updated through the years regularly.
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May 10, 2018
This was my introductory book to the Financial Markets, and I think that it is a great guide for anyone looking to learn the basic.
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June 2, 2018
I love this book💜👍
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July 29, 2019
Finance

It was a very long book, somewhat interesting. Appreciate the excel files that come with the course. Those were the most helpful thing about it.
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April 19, 2020
Excellent text book to understand financial management
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June 6, 2020
This book is not opening, there is no link, Goodread is making fun of people in need?
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March 13, 2021
This book was brutal, but it was good. I have never studied so much. I learned so much about finance and there is reward in that.

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June 19, 2024
This is a textbook. The kind of dry textbook that serves its purpose but also serves as an example for why most people don't think about textbooks as being enjoyable.
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May 19, 2013
Book was great in several areas and complemented the professor. It helps lay the foundation and then in advance corporate finance chapters it has relevant examples that are easy to follow and build on foundation ideas
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May 24, 2010
Reading this for my advanced financial management class I'm taking. Overall it's a fairly good book.
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June 5, 2009
Reading not by choice.....
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April 22, 2013
Read for a class.
Note: The class covered Chapters 1-15. My rating is based on that.
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June 19, 2014
I think think the book will be so exciting
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December 13, 2014
Alright as far as a finance text book goes. The teacher really made this class for me.
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January 29, 2017
i think i learn something for this book
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