Bill Bonds

Get closer to finance as it's actually practiced today with the powerful approach from award-winning authors John Graham and Scott Smart found in INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE: WHAT COMPANIES DO, 3E. Theoretically sound yet practically relevant, INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE, 3E integrates examples throughout to emphasize the roles of financial managers and CFOs and show how financial management actually works in today's real companies. This book's accessible, inviting approach gives finance majors the solid foundation they need while remaining relevant to the large number of non-majors in your course. Timely real examples and the latest material on the recent financial crisis, innovative online learning tools, and an integrated approach enable you to keep students of varying degrees of ability both motivated and involved. New author John Graham, one of the most prolific and widely cited scholars in finance today, brings new emphasis to connecting real-life corporate finance to everyday life.

Product Features

• NEW EXCEL APPLICATIONS AND TUTORIALS NOW PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FINANCE SUCCESS. This award-winning author team has considered all of the learning details your students need for success. New Excel® applications and tutorials demonstrate how to use Excel to solve more complex financial challenges.
• EXPANDED END-OF-CHAPTER EXERCISES FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE APPLICATION OF CONCEPTS. This edition offers additional end-of-chapter materials to provide practice in the key areas of corporate finance that are most critical for business success.
• NEW MINI-CASE IN EACH CHAPTER PROVIDES ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY FINANCIAL THEORIES AND SKILLS. This edition provides a new, additional mini-case in each chapter that highlights today's most contemporary corporate finance challenges and provides insights into the practicality of skills students are learning.
• NEW CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS KEEP FOCUS RELEVANT TO ALL BUSINESS STUDENTS. This edition incorporates engaging cross-functional applications into the book's examples and end-of-chapter problems. Students pursuing any business major, as well as finance majors, find the book's content and applications relevant to their success.
• NEW SMART SOLUTIONS VIDEOS SHOW THE BOOK'S AUTHORS SOLVING END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEMS. Some student struggle to understand how to solve finance problems until a professor walks them through the solution step-by-step. These new, useful videos do just that as the text's author team, known for their award-winning teaching, solves end-of-chapter problems in clear presentations that are easy to follow.