Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, 11th Edition (The Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin Series in Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate)

The best-selling Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (FCF) has three basic themes that are the central focus of the book: 

1) An emphasis on intuition the authors separate and explain the principles at work on a common sense, intuitive level before launching into any specifics. 

2) A unified valuation approach net present value (NPV) is treated as the basic concept underlying corporate finance. 

3) A managerial focus the authors emphasize the role of the financial manager as decision maker, and they stress the need for managerial input and judgment.

The Eleventh Edition continues the tradition of excellence that has earned Fundamentals of Corporate Finance its status as market leader. McGraw-Hill’s adaptive learning component, LearnSmart, provides assignable modules that help students master chapter core concepts and come to class more prepared. In addition, resources within Connect help students solve financial problems and apply what they’ve learned. Ross Fundamentals’ intuitive approach, managerial focus, and strong end-of-chapter content combine with a complete digital solution to help your students achieve higher outcomes in the course.

About the Author 

Stephen Ross is presently the Franco Modigliani Professor of Finance and Economics at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  One of the most widely published authors in finance and economics, Professor Ross is recognized for his work in developing the Arbitrage Pricing Theory and his substantial contributions to the discipline through his research in signaling, agency theory, option pricing, and the theory of the term structure of interest rates, among other topics.  A past president of the American Finance Association, he currently serves as an associate editor of several academic and practitioner journals.  He is a trustee of CalTech, a director of the College Retirement Equity Fund (CREF), and Freddie Mac.  He is also the co-chairman of Roll and Ross Asset Management Corporation.

Bradford D. Jordan is Professor of Finance and holder of the Richard W. and Janis H. Furst Endowed Chair in Finance at the University of Kentucky. He has a longstanding interest in both applied and theoretical issues in corporate finance and has extensive experience teaching all levels of corporate finance and financial management policy. 

Randolph W.Westerfield is Dean Emeritus of the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business and is the Charles B. Thornton Professor of Finance. He came to USC from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where he was the chairman of the finance department and a member of the finance faculty for 20 years.