Mastering the Fundamentals of Finance

Larry Gorman is a professor of finance in the Orfalea College of Business at Cal Poly. He holds a Ph.D. in finance from the Kellogg School at Northwestern University, an M.B.A. from Western Washington University, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Washington State University. Professor Gorman served for eight years as the exclusive finance trainer for Apple worldwide. He has taught finance to graduate students and global executives in Bangkok, Beijing, Cape Town, Paris, Singapore, and Sydney. He has published sixteen academic papers in finance and biology and has been voted by students as the most outstanding finance professor for thirteen consecutive years at Cal Poly.

"Gorman covers finance foundations in a unique and novel fashion." Michael B. McDonald IV, Ph.D., Finance Professor and Corporate Consultant, Fairfield University "Larry Gorman's Mastering the Fundamentals of Finance: Building Skills and Intuition has made me rethink how I should teach the fundamentals of finance." Ronald L. Moy, Associate Professor of Economics and Finance, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John's University "The author provides a methodical approach to time-value-of-money concepts that is all-encompassing." Bruce J. Toews, Associate Dean and Professor of Accounting and Finance, Walla Walla University "The text provides a refreshing computational approach to learn corporate finance, which sets it apart from other texts in the market." K. Matthew Wong, Professor of Economics and Finance, The Peter J. Tobin College of Business, St. John's University "The detail with which solutions to problems are presented is impressive. You can tell the writer has seen where students tend to struggle with understanding finance and has put a great deal of thought into how to resolve these misunderstandings within the book. I do indeed believe that most students, if they take the time to actively read the book and solve the problems while reading through, should be able to understand the material presented." Michael Schafer, Associate Professor of Business, Providence College