Introduction to Finance

Author: Ling Jianghuai (Editor-in-Chief)
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is a national-level planning teaching material for general higher education organized by the Ministry of Education. It is divided into seven parts and twenty chapters, providing a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the basic theories and practices of modern finance. According to the new developments in financial practice, such as the "disintermediation" phenomenon in finance, the "micro-level" phenomenon, financial innovation, the electronic and virtualization of financial activities, as well as the globalization of economic and financial activities, combined with the new situations in China's economic and financial field, this book addresses the shortcomings of traditional financial textbooks by adhering to the principle of linking theory with practice and introducing innovations. It forms its own distinctive features: a market economy theory feature, a "localization" feature, an innovation feature, a combination of macrofinance and microfinance, a feature of being popular and vivid, as well as a feature of emphasizing both financial theory and practice, indirect finance and direct finance, and integrating domestic and international finance. This book is written to meet teaching needs and can serve as a textbook for foundational theoretical courses in economics, management, and financial fields at higher education institutions, especially as a core textbook for finance majors. It can also be used as a reference book for postgraduate students in finance, professional researchers, faculty and students from other disciplines, and financial industry practitioners, as well as for economic and administrative cadres. Accompanying the book are teaching aids, provided for teachers who use this book as a textbook.