Comments on: Essentials of Corporate Finance http://www.gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/ Business and Financial Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:19:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Christopher W. Rainey http://www.gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-4129 Christopher W. Rainey Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:09:24 +0000 http://gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/#comment-4129 This book is required for a Finance course. This is one of the worst college level textbooks I have ever been exposed to. I am taking this course as a requirement for a 3rd college degree so I have bought a few textbooks. <br /> <br />There are answers to every other problem and not one explanation as to how the answer was derived. Oh wait!!!, you can buy the accompanying student workbook and there are some semi-explanations there. <br /> <br />If this book is intended to be a teaching tool it has failed. The authors deserve an F and should reconsider themselves as "professors" or educators. <br /> <br />My university will hear about this total waste of money. <br /> <br />Authors (of this book), educators and others: feel free to contact me and I will elaborate. I will also offer suggestions and solutions to better present the material where this textbook fails. [...] Rating: 1 / 5 This book is required for a Finance course. This is one of the worst college level textbooks I have ever been exposed to. I am taking this course as a requirement for a 3rd college degree so I have bought a few textbooks.

There are answers to every other problem and not one explanation as to how the answer was derived. Oh wait!!!, you can buy the accompanying student workbook and there are some semi-explanations there.

If this book is intended to be a teaching tool it has failed. The authors deserve an F and should reconsider themselves as “professors” or educators.

My university will hear about this total waste of money.

Authors (of this book), educators and others: feel free to contact me and I will elaborate. I will also offer suggestions and solutions to better present the material where this textbook fails. [...]
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: C. Dye http://www.gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-4128 C. Dye Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:21:43 +0000 http://gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/#comment-4128 I'm an MBA student with quite a number of courses finished. I'm over half way through the finance course that uses this book and have found it to be written very well. The example problems are great, and the explanations are thorough. Our professor did make available the answers to the questions at the back of the book and used the powerpoints developed by the author. All in all the only drawback I could find was cost (as usual with college texts). As a side note, several students did use the 4th edition in our class with the permission of the instructor and did just fine. Rating: 4 / 5 I’m an MBA student with quite a number of courses finished. I’m over half way through the finance course that uses this book and have found it to be written very well. The example problems are great, and the explanations are thorough. Our professor did make available the answers to the questions at the back of the book and used the powerpoints developed by the author. All in all the only drawback I could find was cost (as usual with college texts). As a side note, several students did use the 4th edition in our class with the permission of the instructor and did just fine.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Barbara A. Malbrue http://www.gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-4127 Barbara A. Malbrue Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:16:22 +0000 http://gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/#comment-4127 Corporate Finance is a difficult subject. This book made it extremely difficult. Terms were not explained clearly or covered enough for anyone new to the subject to get an understanding. I used the web along with the text to get examples of what should have been more clearly illustrated in the textbook. I was very disapointed. Rating: 2 / 5 Corporate Finance is a difficult subject. This book made it extremely difficult. Terms were not explained clearly or covered enough for anyone new to the subject to get an understanding. I used the web along with the text to get examples of what should have been more clearly illustrated in the textbook. I was very disapointed.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Kenneth Yu http://www.gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-4126 Kenneth Yu Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:15:55 +0000 http://gpplussier.com/2010/09/essentials-of-corporate-finance/#comment-4126 The only great thing about this book is its small size and thats about it. The text doesn't do a very good job of explaining the ideas and concepts. Say you are given certain parts of an equation it doesn't really show you how to use to components to solve for the right number. Instead it gives you a wonderful GENERAL overview of an idea that is minimal in explanation. I'm almost at the point of flipping out because the lack of explanations and I'm only on Chapter 2. Rating: 2 / 5 The only great thing about this book is its small size and thats about it. The text doesn’t do a very good job of explaining the ideas and concepts. Say you are given certain parts of an equation it doesn’t really show you how to use to components to solve for the right number. Instead it gives you a wonderful GENERAL overview of an idea that is minimal in explanation. I’m almost at the point of flipping out because the lack of explanations and I’m only on Chapter 2.
Rating: 2 / 5

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