Corporate Finance: A Valuation Approach

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Summary: An excellent resource, highly usable
Review: This is an excellent book for those looking to quickly learn the essentials of valuation. It is particularly useful when combined with the Excel spreadsheets that can be downloaded from the author's web site (although additional cases/examples from this site would be appreciated). The book is well structured, and is a good base from which to move on to more advanced work.

Rating:
Summary: An excellent resource, highly usable
Review: This is an excellent book for those looking to quickly learn the essentials of valuation. It is particularly useful when combined with the Excel spreadsheets that can be downloaded from the author's web site (although additional cases/examples from this site would be appreciated). The book is well structured, and is a good base from which to move on to more advanced work.

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Summary: Comprehensive overview of valuation approaches
Review: This is one of the best practical corporate finance books you can find. It serves especially well as a bridge between introductory finance and more advanced topics. The authors did an excellent job at hammering some most important concepts into readers' heads while avoiding too much theoretical complications that hinter understanding. The step-by-step valuation method is especially valuable. The use of the spreadsheet is enormously helpful for students of finance. Highly recommended! I hope Professor Benninga and Professor Sarig can keep producing this kind of hands-on, clear guide to finance. (and maybe a series of books at different difficulty levels)

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Summary: Clear, Succinct, Excellent !
Review: This is one of the best practical corporate finance books you can find. It serves especially well as a bridge between introductory finance and more advanced topics. The authors did an excellent job at hammering some most important concepts into readers' heads while avoiding too much theoretical complications that hinter understanding. The step-by-step valuation method is especially valuable. The use of the spreadsheet is enormously helpful for students of finance. Highly recommended! I hope Professor Benninga and Professor Sarig can keep producing this kind of hands-on, clear guide to finance. (and maybe a series of books at different difficulty levels)

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Summary: What's unusual about this book
Review: This is the only text which takes the reader through a step-by-step valuation process. Throughout we integrate financial theory and practice, showing the reader how to build pro-formas, project cash flows and derive discount rates. For more information, see Benninga's Web page (address above).