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This book of readings, intended as a supplement to business financial management text and casebooks, includes 48 articles focusing on the theory, not the methodology, of finance. * Beginning finance students will find the 48 articles readable and understandable. * Articles cover a broad range of business financial management topics, enabling instructors to use the book throughout the term and in different course structures. * Over 300 hundred questions are included, approximately seven questions appear at the end of each article. These questions help structure classroom interaction. * Ethical issues are highlighted in Part I and international issues in Part VII. * Articles were penned by such prominent financial names as Harry Markowitz, Jeremy Siegel, Stewart Myers, David Sharp, Sean Beketti, Michael Jensen, and Bruce Resnick. New to this * Over 80 percent of the articles are EW TO THIS EDITION. Articles were chosen based on a number of criteria, including accessibility and how it builds on the ideas usually presented in introductory finance courses. * The 40 new articles were published in 1989 or later. The other eight, published between 1983 to 1987, were included in this edition because of their clear and concise messages.