Corporate Finance with Student Resource CD-ROM and InfoTrac by Scott B. Smart, Lawrence J. Gitman, L. Megginson, William L Megginson

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Synopsis

This textbook introduces the major topics in corporate finance: valuation, risk, and return; capital budgeting; capital structure and dividend policy; long-tern financing; options, derivatives, and international financial management; and short- term financing decision. A companion CD-ROM contains video and animation clips, illustrating key concepts and discussing important issues with experts in the field. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Biography

Scott Smart is the Eli Lilly Finance Faculty Fellow and Director of the Corporate Finance Academy at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, where he has been a member of the finance faculty since 1990. In addition to INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE, he has published articles in such scholarly journals as the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Economics and Statistics. His research has been cited by the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Business Week, Fortune, and other major newspapers and periodicals. Professor Smart has been recognized as a "Master Teacher" by Business Week continuously in the last 10 years, and he has won more than a dozen teaching awards. His consulting clients include Intel, Synopsys, and Unext. Professor Smart has served on local boards of directors for Habitat for Humanity and other nonprofit groups. Completing his undergraduate work at Baylor University, he received his Ph.D. from Stanford University.

Bill Megginson is a professor and Rainbolt Chair in Finance at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE FINANCE, first published in 2005, Dr. Megginson has published 15 articles in top academic journals, including the Journal of Finance; the Journal of Financial Economics; the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis; the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance; and Financial Management. His co-authored study documenting significant performance improvements in recently privatized companies received one of two Smith Breeden Distinguished Paper Awards for outstanding research published in the Journal of Finance. In addition, ProfessorMegginson has presented academic papers at more than 30 conferences, as well as at the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Federal Reserve Banks of New York and Dallas, the OECD, the International Federation of Stock Exchanges, and the World Bank. He also is a voting member of the Italian Ministry of Economics and Finance's Global Advisory Committee on Privatization. Dr. Megginson has visited 52 countries and has served as a consultant for the New York Stock Exchange, the OECD, the IMF, the World Federation of Exchanges, and the World Bank. He has a Ph.D. in finance from Florida State University.

Lawrence J. Gitman is an emeritus professor of finance at San Diego State University. A prolific writer, Dr. Gitman has more than 50 articles appearing in such publications as FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL REVIEW, FINANCIAL SERVICES REVIEW, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL PLANNING, JOURNAL OF RISK AND INSURANCE, JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH, FINANCIAL PRACTICE AND EDUCATION, and JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL EDUCATION. His major textbooks include PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL FINANCE: BRIEF, 5e, PRINCIPLES OF MANAGERIAL FINANCE, 12e, and FOUNDATIONS OF MANAGERIAL FINANCE, 4e. He also co-authored PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING, 11e and FUNDAMENTALS OF INVESTING, 10e with Michael D. Joehnk, and their INVESTMENT FUNDAMENTALS: A GUIDE TO BECOMING A KNOWLEDGEABLE INVESTOR was selected as one of 1988's ten best personal finance books by MONEY magazine. In addition, he co-authored INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE with Jeff Madura and CORPORATE FINANCE, 2e with Scott B. Smart and William L. Meggison. An active member of numerous professional organizations, Professor Gitman is past president of the Academy of Financial Services, the San Diego Chapter of the Financial Executives Institute, the Midwest Finance Association, and the FMA National Honor Society. In addition, he is a Certified Financial Planner and a Certified Cash Manager. Dr. Gitman served as vice-president, financial education of the Financial Management Association, as a director of the San Diego MIT Enterprise Form, and on the CFP© Board of Standards. He received his bachelor's degree from Purdue University, his MBA from the University of Dayton, and his Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He and his wife have two children and live in La Jolla, Calif., where he is an avid bicyclist.