Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance, 3rd Edition offers a dynamic, modern and practical approach that illustrates how financial management really works.

It features up-to-date content including a focus on ethics in finance, following the Australian Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. This resource is distinguished by the cash-flow ‘arc’ of the narrative, which gives a practical learning path, and the use of real options - a practical analysis tool that is used in corporate finance.

Students are provided with an engaging and contemporary learning path, giving them realistic preparation for a career in finance. The strong five-part framework of the book is supported by integrated online elements and easy-to-read chapter narratives.

About the Authors

John Graham is the D. Richard Mead Professor of Finance at Duke University where he also serves as the Director of the CFO Global Business Outlook survey. He is coeditor of the Journal of Finance. Professor Graham is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research, Vice President of the Western Finance Association, and been recognised for outstanding teaching and faculty contributions at Duke and the University of Utah.

Christopher Adam is Emeritus Professor of Finance at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He was formerly Associate Dean for Postgraduate Programs. He has published research in a number of academic journals in Economics and Finance. Chris’ research and teaching focused on issues in corporate finance and financial strategy. He won a number of scholarships, research grants and teaching awards, including the AGSM Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award for 2003 and the AGSM Executive Programs Excellence Award 2010. Chris has consulted to a range of organisations in Australia and overseas in the financial, education, consulting and mining sectors and government. He has been a Director of ORIX Australia Corporation Ltd (OACL) and Chair of its Remuneration Committee. Chris holds a Bachelor of Economics degree with First Class Honours from the University of Western Australia, and earned his MA and PhD degrees in Economics from Harvard University. He was a Fulbright Scholar while at Harvard.

Brindha Gunasingham is the founder and Principal of FitzBiz Investment Analysis & Strategy, providing strategic and investment consulting services to financial services clients in Australia, Asia, the US and the UK. She has held senior positions in the corporate finance and funds management industries and is the former Dean (Undergraduate) and Professor of Economics at S P Jain School of Global Management in Sydney, Singapore and Dubai. Through her consulting business, research and teaching, Brindha focuses on corporate finance, alternative assets and risk management. She publishes articles in various finance industry journals and has been awarded numerous scholarships and prizes, including a teaching excellence award at the University of New South Wales. She holds MA and Honours degrees in Economics from the University of Cambridge; a MSc. degree in Asia Pacific Economics from the University of London and a PhD degree in Banking and Finance from the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney. Brindha is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charter holder, and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She is a Past President of the CFA Society of Sydney and previously served as a Director of both the Society and the Northside Community Forum.