Managerial Financial Knowledge - Selected Harvard Business School Case Studies

Author: Bruce
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book helps managers enhance their comprehensive management skills by cultivating financial thinking and improving financial management skills. It collects nine cases, starting with a systematic introduction to background knowledge, supplemented by insightful cases and analysis, which helps readers master relevant financial knowledge while learning the cases. The case content covers various aspects such as bank loans, portfolio theory, investment analysis, derivative financial instruments, CAPM, and foreign exchange markets. Each case includes in-depth analysis and systematic summaries. The cases provide managers with a "primary reading" of financial concepts and tools, integrating the three key concepts of cash, risk, and value. In the basic investment analysis cases, the author illustrates the use of net present value (NPV) and internal rate of return (IRR) and explains how to make effective capital investment analysis. In the derivative instruments cases, the author introduces three main derivative instruments: options, forwards and futures, and swaps. In the foreign exchange market cases, the author analyzes how the foreign exchange market operates through detailed examples, helping managers use mathematical to solve various foreign exchange problems. Financial Knowledge for Managers is a case study developed for MBA students to learn financial knowledge. The detailed explanations of relevant financial knowledge in the book are urgently needed for managers to improve their financial literacy.