How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart About the Numbers
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If you’re not a numbers person, then finance can be intimidating and easy to ignore. But if you want to advance in your career, you’ll need to make smart financial decisions and develop the confidence to clearly communicate those decisions to others.
In How Finance Works, Mihir Desai–a professor at Harvard Business School and author of The Wisdom of Finance–guides you into the complex but endlessly fascinating world of finance, demystifying it in the process.
Through entertaining case studies, interactive exercises, full-color visuals, and a conversational style that belies the topic, Professor Desai tackles a broad range of topics that will give you the knowledge and skills you need to finally understand how finance works. These include:
- How different financial levers can affect a company’s performance
- The different ways in which companies fund their operations and investments
- Why finance is more concerned with cash flow than profits
- How value is created, measured, and maximized
- The importance of capital markets in helping companies grow
Whether you’re a student or a manager, an aspiring CFO or an entrepreneur, How Finance Works is the colorful and interactive guide you need to help you start thinking more deeply about the numbers.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Harvard Business Review Press (23 April 2019) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 288 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1633696707 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1633696709 |
| Dimensions | 19.7 x 12.9 x 1.74 cm |
by S Liu
Fantastic book, written in a clear and understandable manner. I’m interested in learning finance basics so I can invest better, glad I bumped into this book.
by John K.
Only read the first chapter but love it already – would 100% recommend for non-finance expert like myself.
by Raj Benning
Underpins your MBA Corporate Finance module. This book is an essential purchase.
Also, will assist the very serious investor, who wishes to have a more hands on approach to figures.
by HAMEED
Bought for a friend and he really enjoyed reading this book
by Sandy D
Chapter 3 of How Finance Works is the only place where one can find the most accurate description of the Financial Ecosystem architecture and its dynamics.
Author Prof. Mihir Desai makes it so clear and so easy to read and understand that anyone can explain it to ‘his/her loved one’.
Not only it was a blessing to have learned from him during Harvard Business School General Management Program on campus and online but also a lot of fun shared through experience and anecdotes.
Thank you Professor!
by Cliente Amazon
Great book. Easy to read and straight to the point