Business Analysis and Valuation: Using Financial Statements, Text and Cases (with Thomson Analytics Printed Access Card) 5th Edition

great.

Great book

There are few differences between the 4th edition and this one- a few new cases being the major one. Other differences include harder-to-read line graphs (black and blue lines look almost identical- it seems as if they were trying to save money by using less colors, something further illustrated by the differences in the photographs on the covers of the respective editions: the 5th edition one looking rather monochromatic compared to the 4th), and a lack of questions at the end of the case studies. Page numbers between the 4th and 5th editions are almost identical, as is the information provided on those pages.The operative question for a potential buyer- are additional cases on Vizio and iphone worth an extra $100? When I bought this book (5th Edition) Amazon actually had a picture of the 4th edition on this page, and the title on this webpage made no reference to the edition, so I am a little miffed about that, as the 4th edition would have worked just fine for my purposes.The content of the chapters of the book is pretty good (4th and 5th edition), and relatively easy to understand, but non-accounting students taking a class using this book might want to get an intermediate accounting book as a supplemental text, as this book seems to assume a pretty good knowledge of accounting and financial statements.Bottom line: unless you are hellbent on getting the new cases, get the 4th edition- both are extremely expensive, but the 4th edition, much less so.EDIT: I feel I may have been a bit harsh above in some of my criticisms- there are actually a good bit of new cases, and another major change with the 5th edition is the additional information on IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). Even still, considering the price differences, the 4th edition its worthy of consideration.

The book I received was an instructor edition. Actually, instructor's edition is not allowed to re-sold to customers/public. Those merchandisers just bought them in for free or at a very cheap price since they were costless from instructors, then sell at hundreds of dollars. Where are people's ethics??

Great product

book was in pretty bad shape upon arrival, but still did have the information I had and was a good price

Good!

I purchased this new edition after using the 4th edition frequently. I found the new cases by Krishna Palepu and the IFRS information worth the money.