(Ebook) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition by Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford ISBN 9780136878704, 0136878709

(Ebook) Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Fourth Edition by Jonathan Berk, Peter DeMarzo, Jarrad Harford ISBN 9780136878704, 0136878709

Valuation Principle Connection. What is corporate finance? No matter what your role in a corporation, an understanding of why and how financial decisions are made is essential. The focus of this book is how to make optimal corporate financial decisions. In Part 1, we lay the foundation for our study of corporate finance. In Chapter 1, we begin by introducing the corporation and related business forms. We then examine the role of financial managers and outside investors in decision making for the firm. To make optimal decisions, a decision maker needs information. As a result, in Chapter 2 we review and analyze an important source of information for corporate decision making—the firm’s accounting statements. These chapters will introduce us to the role and objective of the financial manager and some of the information the financial manager uses in applying the Valuation Principle to make optimal decisions. Then, in Part 2, we will introduce and begin applying the Valuation Principle.