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The increased flow of knowledge, resources, goods and services among nations that has
occurred as a result of globalisation has led to a major increase over the years in transport
activity. This has had an impact on the environment in a number of…

The aim of this book is to provide an understanding of how to
analyse and assess the performance of a company from the information
provided about it.

Business models have become the primary tools for the financial analysis of nearly all
major business decisions. However, the structure and design of most models have evolved
without reference to an effective business-modelling methodology. In…

All politicians seem able to demonstrate that their party presided over
the fastest economic growth, the biggest fall in unemployment or
the lowest inflation. Common sense suggests that they cannot all be correct.
How can you interpret such…

Investors walk a tricky tightrope of risk and performance. Those who choose too little risk may fail to reach their goal. Those who choose too
much may lose their balance, with potentially disastrous results. How
should investors decide what level…

From a situation nearly 30 years ago when it was virtually unknown, Islamic banking has
expanded to become a distinctive and fast growing segment of the international banking
and capital markets. There are well over 200 Islamic banks operating in…

Much of contemporary public finance can be described as being either
Wicksellian or Edgeworthian in character. In the former, fiscal phenomena
arise
through
complex
processes
of
exchange;
in the
latter,
they
arise
through acts of choice…