Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy Upplaga 1

The relationship between finance and strategy is important andthis text makes it a central themeand should make the subject much more relevant.  Graham Diggle, Oxford Brookes University

This text is well written, clear and easy to follow and innovative in that it provides a link between corporate finance and financial strategy.  Shishir Malde, Nottingham Trent University

 

What are the core principles of corporate finance and their links with financial strategy?

What are the tools and techniques of financial decision-making necessary to solve real-life business problems?

How in practice are financial strategies implemented that are appropriate to businesses at each stage of their life cycle?

 

Corporate Finance and Financial Strategy answers these and many more questions. This textbook introduces contemporary financial issues and topics of growing importance such as Islamic finance, corporate governance, and behavioural finance, and discusses reasons for and implications of the current global financial crisis. Along with its accompanying resources, this text is a must for corporate finance and financial strategy undergraduates and postgraduates, MBAs, and those undertaking professional examination courses.

 

Key features

Glossary of financial terms

Worked examples and progress checks

Comprehensive step-by-step worked examples and progress checks with illustrative charts and diagrams are provided throughout every chapter to provide frequent reinforcement and facilitate effective learning.

Press extracts and mini cases

The inclusion of contemporary press extracts and mini cases offer insights into real-life business scenarios that highlight the practical application and relevance of topics across a range of companies including Nestl, Tesco, Barclays, Ericsson, Next, Punch Taverns and BT.

Case studies and end-of-chapter exercises

A large range of end-of-chapter exercises and solutions, questions, and discussion points, and 6 major case studies, which provide the opportunity to apply and develop the techniques, analytical skills and judgement acquired from working through each chapter.

 

Tony DaviesFCMA CGMA MBA MCMI heads up Lucis Consulting, an international business and financial consultancy and training provider; he formerly held senior financial roles in industry, and lectured finance and accounting at the University of Wales.

Ian CrawfordCPFA is a lecturer in accounting and finance at the University of Bath.

 

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