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Product Description Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest trends, developments, and practices from the field, FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, 14e equips you with a focused understanding of today's corporate finance and financial management. This market-leading text offers a unique balance of clear concepts, contemporary theory, and practical applications in order to help you understand the concepts and reasons behind corporate budgeting, financing, working capital decision making, forecasting, valuation, and Time Value of Money (TVM). Offering the most cutting-edge coverage available, the Fourteenth Edition includes discussions of the federal debt, the ongoing recovery of financial markets, and the European debt crisis. Numerous practical examples, "Quick Questions", Blueprint Problems, problem-solving tutorials, and Integrated Cases help you put theory into action. In addition, Excel Spreadsheet Models help you master this critical software tool. Whether you'll be furthering your studies in Finance or pursuing another path, this text and its learning resources will help ensure you understand both the "what" and the "why". About the Author Dr. Eugene F. Brigham is graduate research professor emeritus at the University of Florida, where he has taught since 1971. He received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Brigham held teaching positions at the University of Connecticut, the University of Wisconsin and the University of California-Los Angeles. A former president of the Financial Management Association, he has written many journal articles on the cost of capital, capital structure and other aspects of financial management. He has authored or co-authored 10 textbooks on managerial finance and managerial economics that are used at more than 1,000 universities in the United States and hav