The article being reviewed must come from a scholarly/academic finance journal.
Finance Article Review (approximately 3-4
pages, 4 pg. max):
You must properly cite the article at the
beginning of your review (author, date, article title, journal publication,
pages, etc.) If you obtained a copy via Internet resources, provide explicit
instructions on how to obtain the article via the Internet.
The article being reviewed must come from a
scholarly/academic finance journal.
To qualify as an academic journal
article, the article being reviewed must include a list of citations/references
at the end of the article. The key requirement is that the articles MUST
address a finance issue/concept relevant to this course, which is,
Valuation I (Capital Budgeting & Foundations of Valuation).
The review must have 5
clearly identified sections, as follows:
(1)
Section 1 heading = “Original Work Statement”: Verify the review is original work prepared solely for this class
by including the following statement: “I, (insert your name), verify that this
article review is solely my
own work and creation and it has been prepared solely for credit in this class
and that this review, including the
“main issue of the article” section, has been written in my own words.”
(2)
Section 2 heading= “Article Citation”: provide a full & complete citation of the article being reviewed
(author, date, article title,
publication title, pages, etc.) and how/where article was accessed; Use
APA or similar style Do NOT copy a long list of information from Proquest or
similar database.
(3)
Section 3 heading = “Main Issue of Article” – clearly &
succinctly summarize what the MAIN ISSUE of the article is, and the key points regarding that issue. Communicate a clear,
simple, straight-forward message that peers can follow and understand, and
learn from. DO NOT DATA DUMP.
(4)
Section 4 heading = “Relationship to Course” – clearly state how the
article relates to this course: briefly discuss
what sections, chapters, and/or concepts of this course are related to this
article.
(5)
Section 5 heading = “Personal Reflection and Comments” – your
reaction or observations regarding the content.
Indicate what you think of the content, its significance and implications, etc.