OER for Business and Professional Studies

Uses annual reports of real companies to illustrate accounting concepts.

Over 100 charts and graphs
Instructional exercises appearing both in-text and for Excel

An introductory level textbook. Includes D2L module downloads and excercises.

A dynamic guide incorporating the essential skills needed to build a foundation in Financial Analysis. Students and readers will learn how to insightfully read a Financial Statement, utilize key financial ratios in order to derive forward-looking investment-related inferences from the accounting data, engage in elementary forecasting and modeling, master the theory of the Time Value of Money, and learn to price stocks and bonds in an environment in which interest rates constantly change.

This open textbook is a comprehensive guide covering the three fundamental topics in Corporate Finance, including Capital Budgeting under Certainty, Capital Structure Theory, and Short-term Financial Management and Operating Leverage.