QFINANCE 2ND EDITION: The Ultimate Resource - Hardcover

Various Authors

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849300054 ISBN 13: 9781849300056

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2011

Synopsis

Created by the world's leading finance professionals under the guidance of a highly experienced, world-class strategic panel, including Jim O'Neill, Zvi Bodie, Robert Merton, Ian Cormack, Laura Tyson and others, QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource is the first-stop reference for the finance professional.

An essential reference for busy finance professionals, and with contributions from Frank Fabozzi, Javier Estrada, Ernst Ligteringen, Paul Wilmott, Aldo Mareuse, Stewart Hamilton and many more, this updated 2nd edition will help you keep up-to-date with the latest terms and jargon. It includes:

· Over 9,000 clear definitions of key business and finance terms with jargon explained
· Compiled by an international team of expert researchers and business information specialists, including over 3,000 terms from the Chartered Management Institute
· Covering the whole of business and finance, across the fields of accounting, banking, insurance, law, investing, M&A, regulation, risk, tax, and many more
· Abbreviations, acronyms, and their expansions are shown in full and cross-referred for ease of use
· Mini-essays explain more complex concepts in the necessary detail and help you get to grips with ideas quickly
· Written in World English to reflect the globalized business world, covering local language usage in the key regions, including the US, the UK, and Europe

About this title

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From Booklist

The phrase Ultimate Resource is no misnomer; this tome covers a huge amount of material, ranging from biographies of finance leaders and thinkers to mathematical tools, written by more than 300 experts. Besides being expansive, Qfinance offers unique, authoritative guidance for the stressed, information-hungry professionals and librarians attempting to assist business and economics students and faculty. It contains, among other things, a comprehensive financial dictionary of more than 9,000 terms; more than 2,000 business-related quotes; and digests of some 125 outstanding reads in finance, from popular materials to intellectual cornerstones. The material is divided into nine distinct sections to ensure ease of access, and each section is extensively cross-referenced across and within topics. More than 300 step-by-step guides in the “Checklists” section are unique and practical. The “Finance Information Sources” section accumulates data sources from around the world, organized into 60 subject areas and including books, journals, Web sites, and key organizations. In the “Country and Sector Profiles” section, 192 countries and 26 industry sectors are analyzed. The table of contents and lengthy index are thorough and will help readers find what they need quickly. The State of Qatar and Bloomsbury Publishing created Qfinance (or Qatar Finance), and the introduction states that “this project reflects everything that Qatar is striving for as a nation.” The book aims to be a reliable source of information and an educational tool, both of which aims it meets. To complement the print copy, a fully searchable electronic version is located at www.qfinance.com, and the online version will be regularly updated to incorporate the very latest developments in this fast-moving area. Students, faculty, librarians, and practitioners will find the print and online versions easy-to-use and exceptionally informative. --Susan Awe

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1849300054
• ISBN 13: 9781849300056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 2208