Fundamentals of Financial Management

by Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston

Count on the renowned author team that's First in Finance to deliver a unique balance of clear concepts, contemporary theory, and practical applications that ensures a thorough understanding of today's corporate finance and financial management. Brigham/Houston's FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 12E presents a solid, focused foundation in financial basics punctuated with timely actual examples, end-of-chapter applications, and Integrated Cases that make it easier to understand the how and why of corporate budgeting, financing, and working capital decision making. The book's presentation of Time Value of Money (TVM) is repositioned so readers can immediately begin using the concepts after learning them. THOMSON ONE-BUSINESS SCHOOL EDITION accompanies this edition, offering the same financial online database used by professionals on Wall Street every day. FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 12E also offers APLIA FOR FINANCE, the leading homework solution tool in educational publishing today. Trust the strengths in Brigham/Houston's market-leading FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 12E for the First in Finance time and time again.

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

752 pages, Hardcover

Published February 6, 2009

Reviews

[Lloyd Scott]

I am currently reading this book for my Fundamentals of Financial Management course. The chapters are long and much to read in only 6 weeks which is the length of each quarter. The material is detailed with tons of information but at times the diagrams are hard to follow, but the book is full of great information, really good for people who are majoring in accounting. The book is a bit much for people who have to have take this course per their requirements for their major as is in my case (health care management), but there is a lot to learn in this course that we obviously have to know.

[Trisa (Absolute Bookishness)]

Brigham and Houston's text seems pretty informative, but I found myself frequently supplementing this text with additional resources. I also found that some of the concepts presented were not explained clearly or sufficiently enough for introductory financial management students. At best, this book serves as an introduction to new concepts that the reader will need to research further (and, in some instances, much further) on his/her own to develop a good fundamental understanding of financial management.

[Sandy]

This is a textbook but it's a pretty good one for basic corporate finance. I thought the examples were clear and really walked you through the formulas, etc. It won't replace a night out on the town but it's good for what it's intended for.

[Ahmed Samir]

Very good reads

[Cathy]

Educational, good info

[Khadra Mhammedi]

Fundamentals of Financial Management With CDROM and Infotrac

[Anastasia]

Had to read this book for a Master's level Finance class. The concepts were so far above what I will need in my life that is was very confusing - like reading Latin. But if you understand it, good for you.

[J.H. Sianipar]

Great book, clear explanations and easy to read

[Mi Mi]

REread it ,an interesting book .Examples are so easy but exercises are indeed a challenge .I understand it and now I can easily teach my juniors but I still can't solve real life problems of TVM (It is so easy to understand the basic concept and formulas but exercise is a bit difficult without solution manual) .

[Kenneth]

An excellent textbook that covers the rudiments of financial management.

Assigned for a class at Northeastern University.

Corporate financing. Economic principles. Basic business legal codes. CAPM. Banking structures, etc. etc.. Each have an understandable treatment for the lay reader who is just starting out.

In my experience in finance a lot of the math is not of much use or out of date. Still useful to know nevertheless.

A good comparison is learning basic math shorthand while using calculators after the fact. Or even learning to spell when spell-checkers now can be a practical over-riding tool in nearly every academic circumstance. The fundamentals can be no doubt essential for later understanding.

Even knowing the respective differences between corporations or sole proprietorships or partnerships on page 1 (so to speak) is so simple that businessmen can often miss the forest here by neglecting the basics.

Business is a relatively easy academic subject that fills the echelons of corporate middle managers with typical undergraduates who make it through college with half their brain intact.

Going back to this textbook after many many years away I see now that the problem sets were really a cinch.

Then not so much, not being able see what is lastingly relevant at the time of first exposure.

[Jerryetta]

I highly recommend this Book for any particular group or educational environment learning or teaching about investments. This is an excellent guide and creative from beginning to end with definitions mathematical formulas and clarity of finances. I am in the process of getting approval from the author and publisher to post and use RSS (Really Simple Syndication)feeds of useful and helpful information on my blogs apps and info sights.

[Rachel Aranda]

There isn't anything special about this textbook because it's pretty standard. Anyone who reads this textbook will have a good study tool for their Finance course. Personally I'm taking Financial Management and it has done a good job explaining all the definitions and formulas I needed to know. If you can it might be better to buy the digital book because it's what I have used most.

[Nina]

read/proofread the indonesian translation, if i didnt work as a proofreader i dont think i would read this book..haha..

[Dr.]

If everyone read and understood the principles in this book there would not be the fiscal problems we constantly deal with as a society.

[Andrey]

I liked that class.

[Andre]

atill readying

[Stephen]

READ FEB 2008

Good foundational text, especially for anyone wanting in depth understanding of financial management and analysis.

[Abhishek Kumar]

good book

[Duungcece]

great!

[Seth Mitra]

The best finance textbook for beginners.

[Tamu Schwoeffermann]

Decent read that I had for my finance class. The beginning was very basic and then things got more interesting.

[Kate]

This was my first class in finance, and I thought the book did a very mediocre job at explaining concepts.

[Jerome Marcus]

Okay

[Michael]

Explanations and definitions were generally clear. I didn't like that I had to pay for an expensive online subscription that I could not resell.

[Mohammad Mollanoori]

نویسنده کتاب سعی کرده با مثال و تنوع بر جذابیت موضوع بیافزاید.
یک بار چند فصل آن را برای درس مالی خواندم و این تابستان برای آشنایی کلی با مالی. تنها کاربرد خواندن اقتصاد مهندسی هم برای این درس است.

[Putri Setyani]

good