This fully revised and updated 4th edition of The Handbook of International Trade and Finance also describes the negotiating process from the perspectives of both the buyer and the seller, providing valuable insight into the complete financing process, and covering key topics such as: trade risks and risk assessment; structured trade finance; methods and terms of payment; currency risk management and bonds, guarantees and standby letters of credit.
The Handbook of International Trade and Finance provides a complete and thorough assessment of all the issues involved in constructing, financing and completing a cross-border transaction, as an indispensable guide for anyone dealing with international trade.
The new edition also includes a section on risk management, which plays an increasingly important role in international trade from currency fluctuations to political risk and natural disasters. This covers the principles of international trade and finance that are common across the globe and is relevant to anyone wanting to understand the subject, wherever they are located. He is the author of a series of similar titles on individual country markets.
With an emphasis on practice, Investment and Portfolio Management presents the theory and its relevance and application in the financial workplace. Each chapter is written in an easy-to-follow style, allowing readers to navigate their way through different topics without issue, avoiding complicated technical jargon, in favour of simpler terms and writing style.
To meet the criteria for those studying for academic and professional courses, links are provided to more in-depth material and in-chapter features to encourage self-directional learning. Online supporting resources for this book include lecture slides and figures from the book.
His background is finance, having worked in the finance industry for 22 years, including 19 years as an independent financial adviser. Michelle Hardy is a senior lecturer and module leader for several key modules on a variety of finance and international finance courses at Sheffield Hallam University. Her background is corporate banking and international wealth management for 14 years.
Tech start-ups also need a unique understanding of accounting to succeed, knowledge which is required to power their more innovative business models, and the ways of working that drive technology-based businesses. Unlike traditional accounting manuals or those aimed more generally at small business operators, Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups concentrates on what is important in financial terms for technology-based and innovation focused entrepreneurial businesses.
The book covers all relevant facets of accounting and finance not covered by any other publication by using straight-forward language, extensive practical illustrations and case studies to demonstrate the financial understanding that has become essential to technology and innovation-based start-ups. He is widely published and an established speaker to managers and business entrepreneurs, as well as scholars and accounting practitioners across the globe.
He currently carries out research on the interface between business growth and digital technologies, including the Internet of Things, blockchain, AI and 3-D printing. Demand for expertise in this field is growing, and Forensic Accounting and Finance offers a complete, accessible and affordable guide, combining coverage of principle theory with the real and practical needs of the professional. Written by a strong academic and practitioner author team and in association with the Network for Independent Forensic Accountants, this book covers all forensic accounting topics from forensics as an extension of auditing and the basic principles of forensic accounting, to financial analysis and modelling, financial reporting, financial crime, and IT systems.
Forensic Accounting and Finance shares current examples and case studies, highlighting cultural differences for key topics with updated regional legislation information available online for those looking for a truly global approach which is always up to date. Online supporting resources include PowerPoint lecture slides and links to regional updates.
The author trained with Wilder Coe Ltd. The importance of this system cannot be underestimated. Experts expect that it is likely to sustain double digit growth globally over the next few years, and demand for professionals in the area has never been higher, both in the UK and around the world. While other texts on the subject look at the basic concepts, principles, contracts and financial products used in Islamic banking and finance, Understanding Islamic Financial Services goes one step further and provides a new context, identifying four levels on which the Islamic Financial system operates: product level, institution level, market level and inter-market level.
It considers Islamic banking and finance as a multi-level service system, an approach which will enable students and professionals of Islamic finance to gain a more in-depth, holistic understanding of how the system functions.
Understanding Islamic Financial Services covers contemporary developments in service science e. Examples from practice enliven the text and allow the reader to relate the theories and principles discussed to current practice. He has taught extensively in the areas of Islamic banking and finance, business finance and managerial finance, amongst others. He has extensive experience within multinational companies and Higher Education.
Once thought to be a problem which only affected banks and the financial services sector, high profile cases, such as the recent leak of the Panama Papers in , have thrust the issue into the public arena, and governments around the world are being forced to put robust systems and controls in place. Anti-Money Laundering offers a cost-effective self-development tool for the busy compliance professional eager to progress their career and in need of an accessible, practical and jargon-free introduction to anti-money laundering AML.
Anti-Money Laundering offers a practical guide to navigate the maze of requirements needed to counter money laundering in an organization. This book separates the different elements of AML practice, featuring a range of case studies and scenarios highlighting issues and best practices around the world.
The text demonstrates that it is by foresight and methodology that AML can be mitigated, and provides clarity on complex points to better enable readers to gain the expertise they need to achieve success in practice. Author Information Rose Chapman is the Global Head of Compliance for a leading travel commerce platform and solutions provider. With over 20 years of experience working in compliance and ethics in global organizations, she is accustomed to the demands and challenges faced by business professionals and compliance teams working in fast-moving, culturally diverse and dynamic environments.
With major banks now licensed to provide cryptocurrency custody solutions, and everyone from Facebook to governments using the underlying technology to create their own digital currencies, this has undoubtedly changed. Written in jargon-free and accessible language, this book examines the key value proposition of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and how decentralized technologies could enable banks and financial institutions to become more efficient. With discussion of the principles of tokenomics and the difference between public and private blockchains, The Cryptocurrency Revolution is the essential guide for those wishing to understand the threats and opportunities of the changing world of payments and finance.
Author Information Rhian Lewis is a software engineer and former digital journalist at thetimes. She co-founded the London Women in Bitcoin meetup in and co-developed the altcoin portfolio tracker countmycrypto. She is an international conference speaker and blogger on blockchain technology and cryptocurrency. Get to grips with the UK investment and financial markets with this practical and easy guide that tells you everything you need to know about the stock market.
Now more than ever, it is vital to understand how the markets work and what you can do to maintain financial security. This book gives concise and practical information that helps you understand how the stock markets work, breaking down what may seem like complex jargon to simple explanations. Chapters cover the basics such as explanations of shares, bonds and gilts and range to where to find help and advice when needed. With guidance on how to be a responsible shareholder and information on the taxation regime, this established guide will help you take control of your finances.
This book considers the evolution of retail banking services and the major role that technology has played in providing quality, cost-effective services to consumers. This fascinating text then goes on to offer expert thought leadership on the future of retail banking and what this could mean for existing established banks and disruptive new entrants.
Retail and Digital Banking offers readers the opportunity to take a step back and consider the evolution of the sector in which they work and the tremendous level of change that has occurred over time for all operational activity. Retail and Digital Banking provides support for the Personal and Private Banking module assessment and features practical case studies from the banking sector.
This essential text brings the journey of modern banking to life and considers what the future holds. Online supporting resources include a glossary and updates to regulation. He began his career working in retail branches but has also been Regional Training Manager, headed up the Treasury Department and other operational risk services, managed quality for an operational call centre business and also led branch design and distribution.
His current role is with the RBS Group, where he manages the offshoring portfolio. The author is a Fellow of the Chartered Banker Institute. The text considers the nature of commercial relationships and help the reader synthesise complex factors in order to develop a robust relationship management methodology.
It will draw from bona fide case studies and examples that can demonstrate key relationship management concepts as well as bring learning to life and share examples of customers, good and bad, from a range of different sectors. Through case studies and providing online updates to regulations, Relationship Management in Banking considers how to critically analyze approaches to relationship management used for a variety of banking customer types and examine the impact of legislation, regulation, governance and technology on banking relationship management and customer acquisition and retention.
He is now an author, coach and mentor for a number of financial services personnel, and provides management consultancy services for a number of businesses. Richard Abley has operated within the banking industry since , fulfilling a number of customer-facing and leadership roles in business and corporate banking. Simultaneously, he has lectured to many hundreds of bankers seeking to obtain their professional qualifications, and has coauthored several books on banking.
These tools include: how to assess the performance and creditworthiness of a business; how to critically evaluate the robustness of cash flow; and how to undertake sensitivity analysis to quantify sustainable debt repayment capacity. Readers will go on to propose suitable funding solutions that mitigate risk and meet the needs of customer and bank.
His clients range from international financial institutions to individuals who require oneto-one mentoring and coaching. From a discussion of the main branches of ethical thinking to an overview of regulation and legislation in the UK and internationally, this book covers the theory and practice of conduct and professionalism in banking. Chapters contain activities and industry case studies, and further reading and viewing suggestions are included to help develop a deeper understanding of the topics covered.
With fully referenced discussion of conflicts of interest, decision making models, the role of professional bodies, corporate governance, conduct risk management and the Global Financial Crisis , Culture, Conduct and Ethics in Banking is the essential guide for finance professionals.
Author Information Fred Bell is an experienced career banker with extensive risk management leadership expertise. Green finance will power the transition, ensuring capital flows to the firms, investments, projects and technologies looking to create a sustainable, low-carbon world. To achieve net zero, every professional financial decision must take climate change and broader sustainability factors into account.
Green and Sustainable Finance provides a comprehensive guide to the application of common green and sustainable principles and practices in banking, investment and insurance to help finance professionals embed these in their daily activities and decision-making.
Focusing on the necessity of mainstreaming green and sustainable finance globally, this book includes a clear explanation of the science underpinning climate change. Green and Sustainable Finance covers a wide range of green finance products and services in retail, commercial and corporate banking, insurance, investment and fintech.
It provides an overview of emerging regulation and international market frameworks and standards, particularly in relation to climate and environmental risk. Consideration is also given to the ethical dimensions of green and sustainable finance, including how professionals can promote market integrity and take active steps to avoid greenwashing. Endorsed by the Chartered Banker Institute as the core text for the benchmark Certificate in Green and Sustainable Finance, this book is essential reading for finance professionals and students, and individuals working to embed sustainability in business, policy and regulation.
Banks and financial institutions worldwide recognize the pressing need to innovate to avoid disruption or displacement by highly agile and often smaller fintech companies. Reinventing Banking and Finance is an essential guide for finance professionals to current trends in fintech, innovation frameworks, the challenges of outsourcing or embedding innovation, and how to effectively collaborate with other organizations.
Beginning with the history and background of how banking got to the era of fintech, the book provides a thorough overview of the global fintech ecosystem and the drivers behind innovation in technologies, business models and distribution channels. Examples of key institutions and interviews with innovators and experts shine a light on key financial innovation hubs in UK, US, China, Israel and more, and offer advice for institutions looking to choose the right market for their needs.
Covering genuine innovations in AI, machine learning, blockchain and digital identity, Reinventing Banking and Finance offers expert insight into navigating the complex and multi-layered finance industry. Author Information Helene Panzarino is a highly experienced fintech Programme Director, exited entrepreneur, educator and author. Alessandro Hatami is the founder of advisory firm Pacemakers.
He has been a practitioner of digital innovation in banking for over 15 years, holding senior executive roles at businesses such as PayPal, Lloyds Banking Group, PayPoint and GE Capital. This book outlines a simple and powerful method of negotiating, either face to face or virtually. The Practical Negotiation Handbook outlines a tried and tested five-step process for negotiating lasting agreements, with best practice case examples, checklists and tools.
From contextual analysis and goal preparation to the importance of communication and building an offer, it cuts through the theory and clearly outlines the skills needed to influence the outcome and implementation of any negotiation. Author Information Melissa Davies is a negotiation expert, professional trainer and coach based in Geneva, Switzerland. She has led training in negotiation skills and conflict management for businesses, academia and non-governmental organizations and is a visiting lecturer at Geneva School of Business Administration, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland.
Do you really need to hide your emotions in order to gain respect as a manager? Does higher pay really always lead to higher performance? The world of management is blighted by fads, fiction and falsehoods. In Myths of Management, Cary Cooper and Stefan Stern take you on an entertaining journey through the most famous myths surrounding the much-written about topic of management.
They debunk false assumptions, inject truth into over-simplifications and tackle damaging habits head-on. This engaging read offers you authentic insights into the reality of work, drawn from extensive research and real-world business examples, to give you the essential knowledge you need to become a better manager.
Myths of Management is the guide you need to become an enlightened manager. Author Information Stefan Stern writes for the Guardian and the FT, where he was the management columnist between and She gained extensive HRM and HRD management and consultancy experience in a range of different public and private sector organizations before moving to a career in higher education.
It covers the planning and execution of HRM research projects, from investigating and researching HR issues to designing and implementing research and then evaluating and reviewing the results. Filled with international examples to provide a global perspective, this fully updated 4th edition of Research Methods in Human Resource Management balances theoretical frameworks and practical guidance. Fully updated throughout, this edition now includes increased discussion of methodological issues, more real-life examples and international case studies and best practice sample literature reviews and write-ups.
This book is fully mapped to the CIPD Level 7 Advanced module on Investigating a Business Issue from an HR Perspective, and multiplechoice questions and a glossary of terms help students understand the key concepts and use the terminology confidently. Business Research is a groundbreaking book for student researchers who need to conceive, conduct and complete a new research project for the first time.
It concentrates on the business organization and gives invaluable practical advice on going out into the field and conducting interviews, researching problems and learning about organizations. Business Research is essential reading for students who are studying for one or more modules in research methods for a postgraduate qualification in business and management; students who have a methodological component to one of their modules eg a module in organizational behaviour ; and students who have to conduct an investigation in a business and management field, for a dissertation or project report, and need guidance and assistance on how to approach, conduct and report every aspect of their project.
Author Information Wilson Ng leads and delivers business research methods modules for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Roehampton. Elayne Coakes has taught business research methods at the University of Westminster for many years. Her consultancy experience in large and small enterprises has provided Elayne with extensive applied business experience. It gives the reader a solid understanding of statistics without being too simple or mind-numbingly complex.
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He teaches quantitative methods and basic accounting on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He has lectured in statistics, operational research and research methods on postgraduate international programmes: Azerbaijan in collaboration with BP Exploration ; the Czech Republic in collaboration with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Uzbekistan. The Business Analysis Handbook offers practical solutions to these and other common problems which arise when uncovering requirements or conducting business analysis.
Getting requirements right is difficult; this book offers guidance on delivering the right project results, avoiding extra cost and work, and increasing the benefits to the organization. The Business Analysis Handbook provides an understanding of the analyst role and the soft skills required, and outlines industry standard tools and techniques with guidelines on their use to suit the most appropriate situations.
Covering numerous techniques such as Business Process Model and Notation BPMN , use cases and user stories, this essential guide also includes standard templates to save time and ensure nothing important is missed. She is an active volunteer for IIBA International Institute of Business Analysis and the founder of Business Bullet, an online magazine promoting business analysis and providing guidance for professionals.
Including plenty of practical examples as well as contemporary realworld case studies, it takes a unique approach to the study of project management with an emphasis on international aspects and dilemmas that are increasingly common in the contemporary world. With a host of features to encourage reflection and reinforce learning, it is the ideal complement for independent or classroom study on a range of business courses. Understanding Project Management helps managers understand project management, develop perspectives in application, and, through reflection, enables them to develop a project management capability, at an individual, organization or project level.
The content throughout is guided by practice, making this an essential read for anyone wishing to make a success of the project management role. His professional experience and insights into project management have developed through working within a number of private- and public-sector organizations, delivering projects in a range of market sectors. In order to adapt to this complexity and find new opportunities to innovate and build a high performing team, project managers must shift their mindset to one of project leadership.
The Power of Project Leadership explains how to generate positive results for projects and clients while growing as a leader and empowering the team to fully contribute. Now in its second edition, The Power of Project Leadership contains new interviews with successful project leaders and discusses current topics such as the psychology behind high performing teams, coaching, facilitation and conflict resolution, collaborative planning and risk management.
It outlines the capabilities, attitudes and behaviours needed to become a confident, driven and focused project leader, including leading with vision, continuously improving, empowering teams, building trust with stakeholders, and using powerful techniques. With examples of the most fundamental causes of project failure and how to avoid them, The Power of Project Leadership shows how to inspire teams, add real value and deliver outstanding projects.
Author Information Susanne Madsen is an internationally recognized project leadership coach, trainer and consultant. Prior to setting up her own business, she worked for almost 20 years in the corporate sector leading high-profile programmes for major global corporations.
She is a frequent speaker at organizations and leading business schools and is also the co-founder of The Project Leadership Institute, which is dedicated to building authentic project leaders. This is despite the increasing ethical demands stakeholders are making of business, the exposing power of social media, the proliferating requirements of compliance laws and regulations, and the burgeoning numbers of policies, procedures and compliance officers that have been put in place in response.
The Business Guide to Effective Compliance and Ethics examines how rules-based, tick-box, defensible compliance continues to fail, and lays out a new approach for organizations seeking to flourish and succeed. Written for any organization and businesses, this book provides clear, thorough and practical guidance for practitioners and decision-makers.
But this is also a book for all those interested in how to build employee engagement and motivation. The Business Guide to Effective Compliance and Ethics demonstrates the value - including competitive advantage, career satisfaction, employee and customer loyalty, and brand enhancement - that a truly effective compliance and ethics programme can bring, when it works hand in hand with a values-based culture of shared ownership.
Having previously worked for AstraZeneca and Balfour Beatty, he is now Head of Compliance and Ethics at Subsea 7, an engineering, construction and services contractor to the offshore energy industry. Fukuyama later wrote that history did not end after all. I wish Lev and Gu would write an article that admits accounting did not end after all no thanks to them. Let me come back to Comment 2 on these matters once I have more time to think about Comment 2. Comment 2 Added on December 19, Comment 2 Accountancy evolved over thousands of years to become what it is rather than what some academic theorists would like it to be.
The best example is the most popular index used by financial analysts and investors, namely the accounting net income of a business or some variation thereof such as earnings-per-share eps or other comprehensive income OCI. Economic theorists would prefer economic income defined as the amount of discounted net cash flows of a business over all future time. But neither economists nor accountants have ever been able to measure economic income reliably because only soothsayers estimate all future net cash flows, and those soothsayers never agree on the numbers appearing in their fortune-telling crystal balls.
Traditional for-profit business and not-for-profit e. Today accounting traditions and rules are rooted in the past e. Baruch Lev's many writings suggest that the biggest controversy in accountancy is how intangibles are measured and disclosed. But the world pretty much ignores his soothsayer suggestions for intangibles measurement and disclosure.
In particular, what was its main intangible asset that has been overlooked in terms of accounting for intangibles? My answer is that there were highly significant intangible assets that could neither be measured in any meaningful way nor even disclosed without self-incrimination since many of them arose from illegal bribes and other crimes that gave Enron power around the world and most importantly inside USA government. Most of Enron's future revenues derived from the intangible asset of political power.
To the extent this intangible asset arises from shady political activities Enron could not disclose, let alone measure, the massive value of its political power intangible asset. Tom Selling leans toward replacement cost valuation of intangible and tangible assets. I would contend that only soothsayers can measure the replacement cost of political power.
However, as Radin and Selling suggest not being able to disclose and measure all important intangibles does not destroy the utility of accountancy or cause the "end of accountancy" as we know it today. Just because the medical profession cannot prevent cancer or even save the majority of Stage 4 cancer patients does not destroy the utility of what the medical profession can do for such patents. Accountancy is what it is and I do not think it will "end" because of things it cannot yet do and probably will never be able to do such as measure and disclose the intangible asset of political power of a multinational company.
There might have been a time long ago when accounting came reasonably close to measuring economic earnings and financial position, but not anymore, and likely never again. Jensen Comment What Tom needs to avoid is what I call the Baruch Lev mistake of promising more than can be delivered realities of "truth" and measurement of "economic earnings.
Economists have never found truth except in artificial worlds built on hypothetical assumptions detached from the real world. This is probably why the SEC approached the accounting profession rather than the economics profession when it passed the baton on standard setting for financial reporting in capital markets. Economic earnings cannot be measured in the real world because there are so many intangibles that cannot be reliably measured.
Baruch Lev preaches these intangibles can be measured, but he's not convinced business decision makers that he has reliable measurement systems. Tom wants to "jettisoning such time-worn terminology as 'earnings' and 'financial position' that have come to promise more than they can deliver. Note how Tom fails to mention the vast body of literature demonstrating by empirical studies and by interviews and by case studies where "earnings" and "financial position" have considerable impact on financial and business operating decisions.
Tom avoids this literature by sticking his head in the sand. Starting with a blank sheet is doomed to failure if it ignores the scholarly literature of the past and present. For example, has he looked at the vast amount of evidence that suggests "earnings" however badly designed as a plug figure that makes the balance sheet balance is predictive of future earnings. I keep looking for citations and references in Tom's posts.
His "blank sheet" will never impress academics or practitioners until he cites prior research and builds upon such research. He will one day have to demonstrate to decision makers that his own definitions are more predictive and reliable. I doubt that he will succeed here, but I greatly look forward to when he has a measurable "earnings" and "financial position" surrogates that are more predictive and reliable.
Indeed I fear that his concepts will depend upon value appraisals in thin and unstable markets that are far less reliable than present measures assets and liabilities. Reconcile, reconcile — The property of double-entry accounting that comprehensively links stocks to flows i.
My mentor, Yuji Ijiri, modeled the perfect accounting system for reconciliation. But it was totally impractical for the real world. As you build soft numbers into the system it becomes even less and less reliable.
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