{"product_id":"financial-performance","title":"Financial Performance","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Financial Performance' presents the foundation concepts underlying the Senior Executive Programmes the Authors have taught together and separately over the last 15 years in Europe, Asia and North America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese programmes include\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Oxford Advanced Management Programme\u003cbr\u003eThe Oxford Senior Executive Finance Programme\u003cbr\u003eThe INSEAD Advanced Management Programme\u003cbr\u003eThe IMI, Geneva, Advanced Management Programme\u003cbr\u003eThe Harvard Advanced Management Programme\u003cbr\u003eThe Oxford International Executive Programme, Singapore\u003cbr\u003eThe IMI International Finance Programme, Singapore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is intended as a reference manual as well as a textbook and will be of value to anyone with an interest in financial performance - particularly senior executives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe developments in modern finance over the last two decades have considerable implications for the way senior executives think about the finance discipline.  It is no longer enough to have a rudimentary knowledge of basic finance and a heavy reliance on financial specialists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCEOs of course need excellent financial professionals - however they need to go beyond this and provide strategic leadership.  This requires a conceptual framework for dealing with financial matters. This book provides a description of the underlying ideas and will be of value to anyone with an interest in financial performance - particularly senior executives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book revolves around the concept of value and it is organised into two parts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart I\tPerformance Measurement\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsists of three chapters, all of which focus on the real and fairly complex set of financial statements of DaimlerChrysler AG.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first two chapters provide a detailed guided tour of the financial statements which deconstruct the complexity and then reconstruct the financials to provide a clearer base for analysis. These chapters have been arranged to deal with each line item of financial statements which have been highlighted in such a way to allow the reader to treat the materials as a reference as well as a sequential read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter three presents a framework for evaluating financial health and introduces a cash flow based model for understanding the short and medium term constraints on a firm's growth.  This exposition revolves around the concept of sustainable growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 2\tValuation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the second part of the book chapter 4 introduces the cost of capital concept followed by chapter 5 which provides a general source of reference for valuation and a variety of difference applications.Chapter 6 concludes the book with a review of concept of shareholder value from a European perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRory Knight MA(Oxon), MCom, PhD, CA\u003cbr\u003eDean (Emeritus), Templeton College, University of Oxford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the last five years Rory has been Dean of Templeton College, the University of Oxford's business college. During this time he led the Oxford Advanced Management Programme and he created the Oxford Senior Executive Finance Programme.  He has considerable experience in business and management development. He is actively involved in briefing the senior executives of leading companies on issues in Finance and Strategy.\u003cbr\u003ePrior to coming to Oxford Dr Knight was the deputy director of a foundation within the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and previously a Professor in Finance at IMI, Geneva \u0026amp; IMD, Lausanne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarc Bertoneche MA, MBA, DBA, Phd\u003cbr\u003eVisiting Professor, Harvard Business School\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Business \u0026amp; Economics, Finance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ebook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Elsevier S \u0026amp; T\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780750640114\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Elsevier S \u0026 T","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £2.02","offer_id":47913885270193,"sku":"SB-0750640111-C3","price":2.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0750640111.jpg?v=1789205876","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/financial-performance","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}