Books by Tony Davies

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 UniversityThis 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.

With a clear and comprehensive style, this text leads readers through their studies of Financial Accounting step-by-step, perfectly balancing theory and real-life practice. It includes topical coverage of corporate governance, international accounting standards, statement of principles (SOP), e-business, and information technology as they apply to financial accounting. This lively and up-to-date text is perfect for introductory financial accounting modules delivered as part of a business degree or MBA programmes and is full of examples, exercises and cases studies to aid students' understanding of the subject.

Definitions of humanism have evolved throughout the centuries as the term has been adopted for a variety of purposes. This book offers an introduction to the many uses of this influential yet complex concept and includes a discussion of the key figures in humanist debate from Erasmus and Milton to Chomsky, Heidegger and Foucault.