1.Chapter-opening vignettes drawn from real-world events introduce students to the chapter concepts.



　　2.Chapter learning objectives integrated into every chapter.



　　3.Work the web boxes show students how to research financial issues using the Web and how to use the information they find to make business decisions.



　　4.Real world examples are integrated throughout the text, tying chapter concepts to real life through illustration and reinforcing the relevance of the material.



　　5.Spreadsheet strategies introduce students to Excel and shows them how to set up spreadsheets in order to analyze common financial problems.



　　6.Brief calculator tutorials appear in selected chapters to help students learn or brush up on their financial calculator skills. These complement the Spreadsheet Strategies.



　　7.Labeled examples are extensively integrated into the chapters to provide detailed applications and illustrations of the text material in a step-by-step format. These examples are among the most useful learning aids because they provide both detail and explanation.



　　8.Explanatory Web links to provide students and instructors a quick way to check for additional information using the Internet.



　　9.End-of-chapter cases focus on real-life company situations that embody important corporate finance topics. Each case presents a new scenario, data and dilemma which require students to analyze and focus on all the materials they learned from each chapter.



　　10.An innovative chapter on behavioral finance and its implications for financial management.



　　11.The latest international evidence surrounding the equity risk premium puzzle in Chapter 12: Some Lessons from Capital Market History.



　　12.Extended discussion of dividend policy under different tax framework