Welcome Faculty!

Welcome to the homepage for the Sixth Edition of Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. As we well know, one of the less enjoyable parts of teaching is finding the resources and setting up the infrastructure for your course. We have developed this site to provide a quick guide to key resources you may find useful as an instructor. You can go directly to the Pearson Website if you’d like. Your Pearson rep can also be very helpful in navigating the options and helping you get set up.

*** New to the 6th edition:

  • Pearson is introducing a significantly enhanced eBook edition, including interactive figures, tools and data analysis, as well as in-line videos.
  • Improved Access:
    • Print or eBook available for about $11 per month through Pearson Plus.
    • Full MyLab access is available for $110, which includes the eBook, all interactive tools, and the comprehensive online homework, practice, and study system.
  • New interactive tools including:
    • Historical yield curve and macro data analysis
    • Financial metrics tool
    • Annuity calculator
    • Modigliani and Miller WACC tool
    • Efficient portfolio explorer
    • NPV profile tool
  • We have updated all text discussions and figures, tables, data cases, and facts to accurately reflect developments in the field in the last few years. Specific highlights include the following:
    • Broadened the Global Financial Crisis boxes to be about Finance in Times of Disruption and included discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • Enhanced discussion of stakeholder and ESG concerns in Chapter 1 to put them in the context of the shareholder value maximization goal.
    • Added a new section on SPACs in Chapter 14 on equity-raising. Updated the coverage of leasing to reflect accounting treatment changes in Chapter 25 on Leasing.
    • Added a discussion of crytpocurrencies and bubbles in the section on market efficiency in Chapter 10.
    • Updated and added new interviews: Adena T. Friedman on the role of financial markets, Fahmi Quadir on the role of short sellers, and Susan Athey on cryptocurrencies.
    • Incorporated new and/or revised features throughout, including Common Mistakes, Finance in Times of Disruption, Nobel Prize, and General Interest boxes, as well as Examples.
    • Extensively revised and updated Data Cases, once again personally writing and solving each one.
    • Core chapters continue to have “Author Office Hours” videos where we walk through key and challenging concepts in short, student-friendly help videos. These videos are linked through the etext and available through MyLab|Finance as well.

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  • Instructor Resources
    This page will show you where to find materials such as PowerPoint resources, Instructors Manual, Test Bank questions, and Solutions Manual, as well as resources in MyLab|Finance such as Spreadsheet and Calculator Tools, Animations of key concepts, Video-guided Solutions, and Chapter Study Guides. You will also find information regarding the new auto-graded Excel assignments and our online CAPM tool.
  • Data Case Updates
    We will post on this page any updates to the end of chapter data cases.
  • Book Purchase Options
    Here we describe the different ways your students may purchase the book and provide some recommendations.
  • Setting Up MyLab|Finance
    This page provides a quick overview to how you can set up your course in MyFinanceLab, and why you should do so even if you don’t plan to assign MFL to your students.