Principles of Finance
Author(s): Zvi Bodie, Robert C. Merton, Richard T. Thakor
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Written for the MBA or undergraduate first course in finance, as well as follow-on courses, this textbook provides a clear, accessible, and thorough explanation of the principles of finance; how they connect to real-world practice and how they are used to solve problems. Structured around ten unifying principles representing the core tenets of the science, this book imparts basic financial concepts irrespective of the institutional framework, ensuring that students learn about finance in a way that is applicable both now and into the future. Pedagogical features include learning objectives and major takeaways, applications in the world of business, numerous worked examples, key equation boxes highlighting the most important financial equations, quick check questions with solutions, key finance terms with a detailed glossary, and more than 380 homework problems. Online resources include a solutions manual, detailed instructor manual to adapt the book to your course, lectures slides and an 800 question test bank for instructors.
- Options pricing is presented in the first half of book, positioning the theory as foundational to the study and practice of finance
- While clearly presenting the superior academic knowledge of the authors, the book is highly accessible, engaging and readable, with the first ten chapters assuming no prior knowledge.
- Explicitly written to avoid excess detail on institutions and markets, and to instead ensure relevance to all institutional and market contexts, both now and into the future
- Financial literacy and the study of finance is presented as fundamental to personal and professional success. Examples of personal and corporate financial scenarios are presented throughout, to engage students with the field
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