• PART 1: INTRODUCTION 1. The Corporation 2. Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis 3. Financial Decision Making and the Law of One Price PART 2: TIME, MONEY, AND INTEREST RATES 4. The Time Value of Money 5. Interest Rates 6. Valuing Bonds PART 3: VALUING PROJECTS AND FIRMS 7. Investment Decision Rules 8. Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting 9. Valuing Stocks PART 4: RISK AND RETURN 10. Capital Markets and the Pricing of Risk 11. Optimal Portfolio Choice and the Capital Asset Pricing Model 12. Estimating the Cost of Capital 13. Investor Behavior and Capital Market Efficiency PART 5: CAPITAL STRUCTURE 14. Capital Structure in a Perfect Market 15. Debt and Taxes 16. Financial Distress, Managerial Incentives, and Information 17. Payout Policy PART 6: ADVANCED VALUATION 18. Capital Budgeting and Valuation with Leverage 19. Valuation and Financial Modeling: A Case Study PART 7: OPTIONS 20. Financial Options 21. Option Valuation 22. Real Options PART 8: LONG-TERM FINANCING 23. Raising Equity Capital 24. Debt Financing 25. Leasing PART 9: SHORT-TERM FINANCING 26. Working Capital Management 27. Short-Term Financial Planning PART 10: SPECIAL TOPICS 28. Mergers and Acquisitions 29. Corporate Governance 30. Risk Management 31. International Corporate Finance.
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"For MBA/graduate students taking a course in corporate finance." An Emphasis on Core Financial Principles to Elevate Individuals Financial Decision Making Berk and DeMarzo's "Corporate Finance" uses a unifying valuation framework, the Law Of One Price, to present the core content instructors expect, the new ideas they want, and the pedagogy their students need to succeed. " " "Corporate Finance: The Core "fits programs and individual professors who desire a streamlined book that is specifically tailored to the topics covered in the first one-semester course. For programs and professors who would like to use a text in a two semester, or more, sequence, please see "Corporate Finance, " the 31-chapter book also by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo. Also Available with MyFinanceLab MyFinanceLab is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Within its structured environment, students practice what they learn, test their understanding, and pursue a personalized study plan that helps them better absorb course material and understand difficult concepts. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyFinanceLab does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyFinanceLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyFinanceLab, search for: 0134409272 / 9780134409276 "Corporate Finance: The Core Plus MyFinanceLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package" Package consists of: 0134202643 / 9780134202648 "Corporate Finance: The Core" 0134202910 / 9780134202914 "MyFinanceLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Corporate Finance: The Core" ".
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For MBA/graduate students taking a course in corporate finance. An Emphasis on Core Financial Principles to Elevate Individuals' Financial Decision Making Using the unifying valuation framework based on the Law of One Price, top researchers Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo have set the new canon for corporate finance textbooks. Corporate Finance blends coverage of time-tested principles and the latest advancements with the practical perspective of the financial manager, so students have the knowledge and tools they need to make sound financial decisions in their careers. For a streamlined book specifically tailored to the topics covered in the first one-semester course, Corporate Finance: The Core is also available by Jonathan Berk and Peter DeMarzo. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MyFinanceLabTM does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MyFinanceLab, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MyFinanceLab, search for: 0134408896 / 9780134408897 Corporate Finance Plus MyFinanceLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: *013408327X / 9780134083278 Corporate Finance*0134099176 / 9780134099170 MyFinanceLab with Pearson eText -- Access Card -- for Corporate Finance.
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• Introduction
• The interview
• Case questions
• The Ivy case system
• Practice cases
• Final analysis
• Partner case charts.

"Cosentino demystifies the consulting case interview. He takes you inside a typical interview by exploring the various types of case questions and he shares with you a system that will help you answer today's most sophisticated case questions"--Page 4 of cover.

• PART I The Founder Chapter 1 The Global Entrepreneurial Revolution for a Flatter World Chapter 2 The Entrepreneurial Mind: Crafting a Personal Entrepreneurial Strategy PART II The Opportunity Chapter 3 he Entrepreneurial Process Chapter 4 lean Commerce and Sustainable Enterprise Movements Are an Opportunity Sea Change Chapter 5 Opportunity Recognition Chapter 6 Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurship Chapter 7 The Business Plan PART III The Founder and Team Chapter 8 The Entrepreneurial Leader and the Team Chapter 9 Ethical Decision Making and the Entrepreneur PART IV Financing Entrepreneurial Ventures Chapter 10 Resource Requirements Chapter 11 Franchising Chapter 12 Entrepreneurial Finance Chapter 13 Obtaining Venture and Growth Capital Chapter 14 The Deal: Valuation, Structure, and Negotiation Chapter 15 Obtaining Debt Capital PART V Start-up and Beyond Chapter 16 Leading Rapid Growth, Crises, and Recovery Chapter 17 The Family as Entrepreneur Chapter 18 The Harvest and Beyond.
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New Venture Creation: Entrepreneurship for the 21st Century is about the process of getting a new venture started, growing the venture, successfully harvesting it, and starting again. The book presents the substantial body of knowledge about the entrepreneurial process in a pragmatic way - through text, case studies, and hands-on exercises - to help readers compress their learning curves, reduce their ultimate risk and pain, and allow them to gain more from their subsequent entrepreneurial experiences.
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• PART I: STRATEGY AND THE NONMARKET ENVIRONMENT Chapter 1: Market and Nonmarket Environments Chapter 2: Integrated Strategy Chapter 3: The News Media and Nonmarket Issues Chapter 4: Private Politics Chapter 5: Crisis Management PART II PUBLIC POLITICS AND NONMARKET STRATEGY Chapter 6: Nonmarket Analysis for Business Chapter 7: Nonmarket Strategies for Government Arenas Chapter 8: Implementing Nonmarket Strategies in Government Arenas PART III: GOVERNMENT AND MARKETS Chapter 9: Antitrust: Economics, Law, and Politics Chapter 10: Regulation: Law, Economics, and Politics Chapter 11: Financial Markets and Their Regulation Chapter 12: Environmental Management and Sustainability Chapter 13: The Investor's Perspective: Renewable Energy Chapter 14: Law and Markets PART IV GLOBAL NONMARKET STRATEGY Chapter 15: The Political Economy of the European Union Chapter 16: China: History, Culture, and Political Economy Chapter 17: Emerging Markets Chapter 18: The Political Economy of India Chapter 19: The Political Economy of International Trade Policy PART V: ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Chapter 20: Corporate Social Responsibility Chapter 21: Ethics Systems: Utilitarianism Chapter 22: Ethics Systems: Rights and Justice Chapter 23: Behavioral Ethics, Individuals, and Management Chapter 24: Ethics Issues in International Business.
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Businesses compete in many ways, including nonmarket areas like corporate responsibility. Learn how to sharpen your firm's competitive edge. Baron's integrated approach combines the disciplines of economics, political science, law, and ethics to provide a deeper understanding of the managerial issues that arise in the business landscape. The seventh edition includes four new chapters on financial markets and their regulation, the investor's perspective and renewable power, the political economy of India, and behavioral ethics. The book also includes 26 new cases on timely topics.
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Developed over the course of ten years at the Stanford Business School, Microeconomics for Managers leads the field with a strong game theoretic approach and full-chapter coverage of many modern topics, including Porter's five forces, signaling, transaction costs, and incentives.
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Supplements the textbook Microeconomics for Managers.
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• I. MODELS AND MODELING. 1. Introduction to Modeling. 2. Spreadsheet Modeling. II. OPTIMIZATION. 3. Linear Optimization. 4. Linear Programming: Sensitivity Analyis. 5. Linear Programming Applications. 6. Integer Optimization. 7. Nonlinear Optimization. III. PROBABILISTIC MODELS. 8. Decision Analysis. 9. Monte Carlo Simulation. 10. Discrete-Event Simulation. IV. IMPLEMENTATION. 11. Implementation. CD CHAPTERS. 12. Multi-Objective Decision Making and Heuristics. 13. Forecasting. 14. Project Management. ENRICHMENT TOPICS (ON CD). Degeneracy. Branch & Bound.
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For undergraduate/MBA-level courses in Management Science and Decision Modeling. This text introduces students to the key ideas of modeling and management decision making that will be important to them throughout their careers. Addressing the needs of students interested in both business administration and decision science careers, it provides a conceptual foundation for all topics and the role of spreadsheet modeling techniques in the larger context of business decision-making. It features a wealth of realistic, relevant examples updated to reflect the latest Excel 2000 version, and actively engages students in model building and analysis. An accompanying CD-ROM contains extensive software application packages students will use long after the course is completed.
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• The Five Factors-- Consistent HR Practices: The Whole Can Be More than the Sum of the Parts-- Employment and Economics-- Employment as a Social Relation-- Voice: Unions and Other Forms of Employee Representation-- Employment, Society, and the Law-- Internal Labor Markets-- High-Commitment HRM-- Performance Evaluation-- Pay for Performance-- Compensation Systems: Forms, Bases, and Distribution of Rewards-- Job Design-- Staffing and Recruitment-- Training-- Promotion and Career Concerns-- Downsizing-- Outsourcing-- HRM in Emerging Companies-- Organizing HR-- Appendices-- Index-- List of Tables, Figures, and Exhibits.
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Human Resources are the most important resource that a firm commands and should be regarded as capital, a factor of production in which managers invest today in order to realize future profits. This book deals with the strategic implications of Human Resource Management as an important strategic asset and emphasizes its importance within the overall strategy of the firm. The book covers issues such as job design, evaluation, recruitment, training, career concern, and outsourcing and downsizing. The linkage between the various pieces of HRM policy are stressed and how the policies are related to management issues such as TQM, just-in-time manufacturing, and others. The book is aimed at the general manager, not the HRM practitioner and it stresses conceptual frameworks, not procedural methodology.
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