Inside the Minds: Textbook Finance is the most authoritative book ever written on the essentials of finance for the business professional. Featuring Chairmen of Finance Departments from some of the nation's leading Business Schools, these pages brim with insights from those at the height of their profession, who have each contributed chapters akin to objective, experience-related, white papers or essays on the core issues of finance, to make for an overarching as well as in-depth presentation of the fundamentals-the unspoken rules and the important issues for the future. From the history of financial matters to the key concepts that help to govern the ways in which business operates, this book pulls readers through all things financial from beginning to end. The different niches represented and the varied perspectives presented, enable readers to really get inside the great academic minds of finance as they go back to basics in a must-read for the business professional.
This book is written by:
Deborah J. Lucas, Donald C. Clark Household International Chair of Finance, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University – Lessons From Market Efficiency
Anjan Thakor, Chairman, Finance Department, University of Michigan Business School – Portfolio Performance Basics: Still Vital After All These Years
Maclyn L. Clouse, Director & Professor, Reiman School of Finance, University of Denver – Practical Approaches to Finance in Business and Education
Laurence Booth, CIT Chair in Structured Finance, J.L. Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto – Understanding the Implications of Market Efficiency
Kenneth Lehn, Samuel A. McCullough Professor of Finance, Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh – Valuation: The Essence of Finance
Allan E. Young, Professor of Finance, Syracuse University School of Management & Editor in Chief, The Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance & Business Ventures – Current Issues and Concerns in Finance
John C. Edmunds, Chairman, Finance Faculty, Arthur D. Little School of Management, Babson College – The Standard Model of Finance