Bibliography 
MBA Program ‐ 1st year   
Core Phase 2010 ‐ 2011 / SEPTEMBER Intake 
First period (September / December 2010) 

1. All sections 
• Financial accounting and statement analysis (Mr. Capkun, Mr Livne, Mr 
Stolowy) 

Required: STOLOWY, Hérvé, LEBAS, Michel. Financial accounting and reporting: a global perspective. 2nd
ed. Thomson, 2006
Library code: 4-7 STO (14 copies)

• Financial markets (Mr. Calvet, Mr Rosu, Mr. Lewis) 

Required: VERNIMMEN, Pierre, QUIRY, Pascal, LE FUR, Yann, [et.al.] Corporate finance: theory and
practice. 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, 2009
Library code: 4.8 VER (17 copies)

Required: FABOZZI , Frank J., MODIGLIANI, Franco, JONES, Frank Joseph. Foundations of financial
markets and institutions. Pearson, 2010
Library code: 5-71 FAB (7 copies)

• Human resources management (Mr. Besseyre‐des‐Horts, Mr Gaud, Mr 
Raillet)  

Recommended: MCKENNA Eugene F., Beech Nic. Human resource management: a concise analysis. 2nd
ed. FT Prentice Hall, 2008
Soon to be purchased by the library

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• Decision theory in practice (Mr Gilboa)  

Recommended: GILBOA, Itzhak. Making better decisions: decision theory in practice. Blackwell-Wiley,
2010
This title has not yet been released

On the foundations of theories of rational choice 

Recommended: HAMMOND, John S., KEENEY, Ralph L., RAIFFA, Howard. Smart choices : a practical
guide to making better decisions. Harvard Business School Press, 1998.
Library code: 4-22 HAM (1 copy)

Recommended: BINMORE, Kenneth George. Rational decisions. Princeton University Press, 2009
Library code: DEC 9-4825 BIN (1 copy)

Recommended: GILBOA, Itzhak. Rational choice. The MIT press, 2010

Library code: DEC 9-48 GIL (1 copy)

On the psychology of choice and violations of classical theories 
 
Recommended: BAZERMAN , Max H. Judgment in managerial decision making. Wiley, 1994
Newest edition (2008) will be soon purchased by the library
Library code: 4-22 BAZ (1 copy)

Recommended: ARIELY, Dan. Predictably irrational: the hidden forces that shape our decisions. Harper
Collins, 2008
Newest edition (2010) will be soon purchased by the library
Library code: 4-62 ARI (10 copies)

Recommended: THALER, Richard H, SUNSTEIN, Cass R. Nudge: improving decisions about health. Yale
University Press, 2008
Newest edition (2009) will be soon purchased by the library
Library code: DEC 9-4825-21 THA (1 copy)

• Operations management (Mr Masini, Mrs Sommer)  

Recommended: CACHON, Gérard, TERWIESCH, Christian. Matching supply with demand. 2nd. McGraw-
Hill, 2008
Library code: 4-521 CAC (8 copies)

Recommended: Jacobs, F. Robert, Chase, Richard. Operations and supply management. 13th ed. Mc
Graw Hill, 2010
Soon to be purchased by the library

Recommended: HOPP, Wallace J., SPEARMAN, Mark L. Factory physics: foundations of manufacturing
management. Irwin, 1996
Newest edition (2008) will be soon purchased by the library
Library code: 4-53 HOP (1 copy)

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• Finance fundamentals (Mr Bryden, Mr Lewis)  

Recommended: FLEURIET, Michel. Investment banking explained: an insider's guide to the industry.
McGraw-Hill, 2008
Soon to be purchased by the library

Recommended: FABOZZI , Frank J., MODIGLIANI, Franco, JONES, Frank Joseph. Foundations of
financial markets and institutions.4th ed. Pearson, 2010
Library code: 5-71 FAB (7 copies)

• French 

Required: BOULARES, Michèle, FREROT, Jean-Louis. Grammaire progressive du Français. 4th ed. CLE
International, 2004
Library code: 445 BOU (1 copy)

Recommended: Robert & Collins dictionary: Anglais/Français, Français/Anglais

Recommended: L’art de conjuguer: le nouveau Bescherelle, Hatier

2. Bilingual section 
• Marketing (Mr Kapferer) 

Required: KOTLER, Philip, KELLER, Kevin Lane, MANCEAU, Delphine, [et.al.]. Marketing Management.
13th ed. Pearson Education, 2009
Library code: 4-6 KOT (10 copies)

• Statistiques pour la décision (Mr Boute) 

Required: TENENHAUS, Michel. Statistique: méthodes pour décrire, expliquer et prévoir. 2nd ed. Dunod,
2007
Library code: 9-3 TEN (9 copies)

3. English section 
• Marketing (Mr Lajos, Mr. Ulaga) 

Recommended: KOTLER, Philip, KELLER, Kevin Lane, MANCEAU, Delphine, [et.al.]. Marketing
Management. 13th ed. Pearson Education, 2009
Library code: 4-6 KOT (10 copies)

• Statistics for decision (Mr Laurent) 

Required: MCCLAVE, James T., BENSON, P. George, SINCICH, Terry. Statistics for Business and
Economics. 11th ed. Prentice-Hall, 2010
Library code: 9-3 MCC (10 copies)

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