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Summary: Inadequate, completely inadequate
Review: A collection of incompetance. A celebration of self-contradiction and muddled financial theory. It appears as if the authors and publisher conspired to set the standard in introductory text as low as possible in order to acheive the "most improved" award next year. This is easily attainable for this group if they perform a spell-check before going to press. As a consumer of such text I must say that the US$80 investment in this jarbled mess is an outstanding contribution to the mediocrity fund.
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Summary: An excellent introduction to Finance!
Review: A very good book that explains everything in a very simple way, with clear examples. One could wish for a more profound mention of APT, since one of the authors is Stephen Ross, but great nonetheless!
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: Along with Brigham's MBA text, this book is one of the elites for an MBA finance course. One thing many of the negative reviewers don't seem to realize is that this is for graduate students. If you've never had an undergraduate class in finance, you don't belong in a course using this book. If you don't know the principles of finance or how to use your calculator/spreadsheet, that is your problem. You're a graduate student - grow up and prepare yourself for graduate study!For students who are ready for graduate study, this book is wonderful. It is complete in its coverage of corporate finance topics, and it provides ample practice problems and end-of-chapter exercises to test your understanding along the way. The CFA exam recommends this as the basic reference book for exam preparation because, comparatively speaking, it is very user friendly. Those who complain about the level of difficulty or the lack of "entertainment" value need to learn how to take responsibility for STUDYING a text instead of just reading it. Either that or move to a discipline that is less rigorous. The books only get more difficult to handle as you work your way up in finance.
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Summary: We are safe from the Brealey & Myers curse !!
Review: As an MBA student I found this one of the best books presented in the program. A truly clear, concise and student friendly book.
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Summary: Excellent Guide
Review: As part of the process of learning Corporate Finance, I found the guide to be extremely useful in solving problems and applying the theory to the practical stuff. In general, Ross et al deliver an easily understandable book but the best is how he takes most of the concepts at a much deeper level that you can find in many specialized books (actually many of those specialized books refer back to Ross!!!!)
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Summary: Corporate Finance
Review: Corporate Financeby Stephen A. Ross is designed for the first course at the MBA level but is certainly used at many undergraduate programs as well. 5/5
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Despite my engineering background I found this book very easy to read, very easy to understand. It is an outstanding book that I love to study without getting bored. We use this book at the MBA level here at the University of Georgia, Terry College of Business as an introduction to Corporate Finance. Buy it !
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Summary: Not well written
Review: Either this book is too advanced for me or it's not the best. I found a few mistakes at the end of the book in problem solutions, that's minor though. Some of the problems at the end of chapters are way more complicated then the examples given in the corresponding chapter. I realize that this book is for graduate level course, but problems are way too difficult for someone without finance background. MBA Student, Information Systems concentration
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Summary: Excellent Introduction to Finance, and a Good Reference
Review: First off, I never had any particular interest in the area of Finance. I simply purchased this book as a required text for the core finance course in my MBA program. All in all, I was very pleasantly surprised. The course was very informative, with a top-notch professor leading us through the material. But even more than the lectures, this book was my primary resource for guiding me through the principles of Corporate Finance. Ross does a great job of clearly explaining each topic, then supporting his explanation with effective examples. Even though the book is well written, I can't deny that it was still challenging for a finance novice, such as myself. But Ross's clean, to-the-point style was a refreshing way for me to approach a previously unknown topic. Of all my textbooks, I typically keep about half of them as references, and sell the rest. This book is definitely a keeper.
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Summary: Excellent Introduction to Finance, and a Good Reference
Review: First off, I never had any particular interest in the area of Finance. I simply purchased this book as a required text for the core finance course in my MBA program. All in all, I was very pleasantly surprised. The course was very informative, with a top-notch professor leading us through the material. But even more than the lectures, this book was my primary resource for guiding me through the principles of Corporate Finance. Ross does a great job of clearly explaining each topic, then supporting his explanation with effective examples. Even though the book is well written, I can't deny that it was still challenging for a finance novice, such as myself. But Ross's clean, to-the-point style was a refreshing way for me to approach a previously unknown topic. Of all my textbooks, I typically keep about half of them as references, and sell the rest. This book is definitely a keeper.
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