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This book presents an up-to-date account of contemporary themes and topics in finance. It explores the world of finance from a fast changing and developing finance perspective.
Lucid, accessible, yet comprehensive, the volume discusses:
¿ Financial system with its constituents and instruments;
¿ Recent trends and approaches in value-added and strategic management;
¿ Current laws and legislations in the domain of taxation - direct and indirect;
¿ Emerging concepts and practices of digital finance, known as "fintech."
Presenting current global trends and real-world cases in finance and richly illustrated with tables, figures and learning tools, this volume will be indispensable for individuals, business managers, and management students pursuing courses related to contemporary finance and financial management. It will also be an important resource for executive and management development programmes (EDPs & MDPs) as well professionals, corporates, entrepreneurs, government officials, academicians, as well as researchers.
List of contents
PART I: Financial market; 1. Financial place constituents & instruments; 2 Mutual funds; 3. Forex market; PART II: Value-based management; 4. Economic value added (EVA); 5. Human resource valuation: PART III: Strategic finance; 6. Mergers and acquisitions; 7. Corporate governance; PART IV: Digital finance; 8. Fintech; Part V; Taxation; 9. Direct taxation: income tax; 10. Indirect taxation: goods and services tax (GST)
About the author
Sandeep Goel is a Senior Professor of Accounting and Finance, and Corporate Governance at Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon, India. He holds two doctorates, one in Finance; and another in Accounting from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi. He completed his bachelor's with Hons. and master's degrees in Commerce with specialisation in Finance from Shri Ram College of Commerce, and the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, respectively. He has three decades of industry and academic experience across various organisations and institutions of repute, including the Shri Ram Group, the University of Delhi and MDI Gurgaon. He sits as an Independent Director on the Board of Machino Plastics Ltd., Gurugram, a Suzuki JV. He is a Visiting Professor to the Faculty of Management, University of Lodz, Poland and Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management - IAE AIX-Marseille University, France. He is a Management Trainer and Consultant to Organisations like Maruti Suzuki, Canara Bank, JK Tyre, PFRDA, NPCI, IRS, ITS, FIA Business School (Brazil), Bata, Encore, Federal-Mogul Goetze (India) Ltd., SOS Village International, Cairns India, National Banking Institute (Nepal), Druk Holdings (Bhutan), UltraTech Cements, ONGC, and many more. and has authored more than 15 books, and published over 100 research articles and cases in national and international journals of repute. He has been conferred with Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2023-24, 2015-16 and Award for Excellence in Research, 2015-16 at MDI.
