Sheds light on the authors' comprehensive, practical and strategic view of operations management with over 100 contemporary and international examples of operations in practice, as well as providing critical commentaries on areas of academic contention and professional debate.

Gives students access to the Companion Website with Gradetracker. The Companion Website at www.prenhall.com/berman features interactive practice tests, chapter objectives and overviews, additional graphs and charts, and over 150 primary source documents that are referenced in the text. Interactive Web exercises guide students to do research with a series of questions and links. In addition, it provides access to The New York Times online for articles relevant to the study of politics and other Web destinations that provide additional insight into connections between politics and world events. Instructors now have the option of setting up a course to manage student progress through the site's new gradebook feature. Or, they can simply make the site available for students' independent use. Student access code ISBN is 0-13-243961-1. NEW Now with MakeItReal. The new Companion Website helps reinforce the connection of politics to real life with the integration of MakeItReal, a unique collection of activities, simulations, and primary sources. Activities engage students to think about the relevancy of important issues-voting, social policy, rights and liberties, national security, etc.-to their own lives as well as to the nation as a whole.Moreover, most of these activities suggest a variety of forms of civic participation. Real-life simulations invite students to use real data-electoral results and maps, Census 2000 data-to analyze key topics and issues. The simulations were developed to help students make informed decisions and experience politics as an insider would. Primary sources introduce students to key documents and information discussed in the text. The site includes ABC News videos that highlight issues relevant to politics. These resources correlate to content in the margins throughout the text.

This text presents both a logical path through the activities of operations management and an understanding of the strategic context in which operations managers work. It features worked examples of techniques discussed in the text.

This text on corporate financial management covers topics such as project appraisal, risk and project appraisal, equity capital, debt finance, value-based management, capital structure, and dividend policy.

Essentials of Corporate Financial Management, 1/e "Essentials of Corporate Financial Management "supports courses designed to cover the core topics of finance in 15 to 30 hours of lectures. The book is primarily aimed at undergraduate students studying finance as part of a business related degree, MBA students and others studying finance at business schools. It also provides the foundation elements needed by students going on to study more advanced finance. Companion Website with Gradetracker Student Access Card: Essentials of Corporate Financial Management, 1/e