Corporate Finance: Core Principles and Applications [with S&P Card]

by Stephen A. Ross, Jeffrey F. Jaffe, Randolph W. Westerfield

Corporate Finance, by Ross, Westerfield, Jaffe and Jordan was written to convey the most important corporate finance concepts and applications as 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 in this text. We took the best from RWJ Fundamentals and RWJ Corporate to create a book that fits an underserved need in the market. 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 deciding modern approach. The well-respected author team is known for their clear, accessible presentation of material that makes this text an excellent teaching tool.

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

686 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

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

[Sarah]

My professor never utilized the end of chapter questions and what-not, but the text by itself wasn't the greatest. I'm already most of the way through my Finance degree so this is more of a review class for me, but the explanations the book provides seem a bit awkward. It's kind of hard to find a bad textbook but there are definitely stronger Finance one's out there.

[Meredith]

A great introduction to the corporate finance field. A smart and experienced instructor is also necessary because this book needs to be reorganized for a beginner.

[loafingcactus]

This textbook is Example A of presenting learning so that only one type of person can succeed. Like memorizing large algebraic equations divorced from meaning? This book is for you! The programmer in my MBA team loved it.

Learn math Any Other Way? Absolutely no help to your reviewer with a logical argument background. And this is really too bad because there are online practice problems where there is more than enough room to show the answers several different ways. Nope, just the single algebra line.

Welcome to the 1980s all over again only electronic.

I learned by walking through the practice problems in my way (using Excel to step through the logic with meaning tags).

[Jichao]

写得极其清晰，能体会到作者尽最大努力，耐心地一步步带你习得知识。以前对金融有一些抵触，近期才发现这种偏见仅仅来源于无知和傲慢。复习principles of finance期间大约用四天读完一半，对已有知识的认识到达新的水平，对不了解的部分也像是打开新的大门。无论考试结果如何，都感恩这本书给我们带来的习得知识的快乐。（已学标记：价值；估值与资本预算；风险；资本结构与股利政策；期权、期货与公司理财。特别喜欢资本资产定价模型这一节）

[Vince]

[Textbook] Not the best explained or most-engaging. This proved to be a functional textbook.

[Pieter]

Advanced American handbook on corporate finance. For more basic, introductory modules check on "Fundamentals of Corporate Finance" by Ross, Westerfield and Jordan.

[Sebastián]

Life changing (just an other). This is the book I was looking for when I started an MBA. Just the financial approach I need to understand the complex yet logical mechanisms of corp finances.

[Luminescence Goh]

*Corporate Finance* by Stephen A. Ross, Randolph W. Westerfield, and Jeffrey F. Jaffe is an essential textbook for understanding the principles of corporate finance. The authors present complex concepts with clarity, making it accessible to both students and professionals. The book covers core topics like risk and return, capital budgeting, valuation, and financial policy, emphasising real-world applications and examples. Its well-organized chapters and illustrative cases foster a deeper understanding of financial decision-making. This comprehensive guide is ideal for anyone seeking a solid foundation in corporate finance theories and their practical implications.

[Rahul Raj]

This book serves as a perfect start to any finance enthusiast willing to learn about basic financial concepts and financial management. Aided by explanatory solved examples, it helps in better understanding. There are real-life cases as well to evolve problem-solving skills.

[Jennifer]

For a textbook, it was good - helpful in furthering the concepts I learned in class.

[Abhinav Gupta]

Great starter book for beginners.

[Jenifer]

Had to read this for a class.
It’s fine.
I wouldn’t recommend it unless you need this subject matter in your life.

[Gabomur]

Great book for finance, but you'll have to study deep from other sources too

[John Heid]

I remain steadfast in my belief that nobody who talks about numbers for a living can write a coherent book.

[Brent Lindstrom]

Can I say that I have a favorite textbook? Well I held onto this one for years after I went to school about it.

[Andy]

A wonderful tale of net present value and derivatives, which will bring you to tears and exultation all in one chapter.

[Maureen]

Pretty sure all the cool kids are reading this these days... watch for it on the NYT best seller list soon.

I opened it once.

[Michelle]

Not the most necessary textbook, but occasionally they had a really good explanation for something that the professor wasn't as clear about.

[Brian]

Though it breaks at times with more standard corporate practices, on the whole the text is readable and the examples are helpful.

[Marcelo Alcantara]

T

[Puja Gupta]

horrid

[Majdi]

good book

[Jessica]

It's a textbook. What else should I say?

[Amy Sawyer]

For a textbook it wasn't bad. The concepts were pretty easy to follow.

[Lori Light]

For my FI 630 class, Fall 2013 semester

[Rebeca Núñez]

Libro fundamental para estudiar finanzas. Yo lo leí como parte de mis estudios de grado.

[Taylor-Leigh Derchin]

Business School reading probably one of the dullest and densest textbooks I've ever had to suffer through. For an MBA Finance course.

[Ryan]

I love Finance

[Nasser Almutawa]

Good book to understand the basic rules of finance.