Accounting and Finance Essentials – A Self-Study Guide to Corporate Finance

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Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: 5th Edition

Cost Accounting and Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know: 5th Edition

Financial Accounting Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: 5th Edition

Kalpesh Ashar is a management consultant and corporate trainer holding an MBA (Dean’s Award Winner) from SPJIMR, one of Asia’s top business schools, and an Engineering degree with honors in Electronics. He has over 24 years of experience in large organizations and start-ups in Asia, USA, and Europe. Kalpesh has worked in several project management roles, like Senior Project Manager, Delivery Manager, and Program Manager. He is passionate about writing on management subjects. His techno-business background gives him a unique position to write on management topics that are easy to understand for non-MBA graduates. His books are authored in a simple to understand manner without unnecessary use of management jargons.

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The Self-Learning Management Series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons and covers every aspect of business, from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations across any and every industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, and standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter.

The book is well structured and covers the core financial concepts that are essential for any business student to know. The concepts are explained in an easy-to-understand manner, and the examples and content is translated well into end-of-chapter practice problems. I would definitely recommend this book to both finance and non-finance majors.
-- Prateek Sharma, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Finance at Labovitz School of Business and Economics

This book covers adequate topics that are included in the PG curriculum in recent years. The theoretical coverage and language of the book is lucid and student-friendly. The illustrations are better placed and the book has simple examples that help elucidate the concepts. Overall, the book offers a clear understanding of cost and management accounting.
-- Dr.Chetana Asbe, Faculty of Finance, Chetana's Institutte of Management & Research

If you are interested in learning about accounting and how to analyze a financial statement, this is a great book to start with. Accounting is an essential skill if you intend to go into business. By doing so, you are protecting yourself against unethical or bad accountants. This book has good insights and gets to the point.
-- Xihui Chen, Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance, Heriot-Watt University

Vibrant Publishers' Accounting and Finance books are invaluable resources for students and faculty alike. They empower students to deepen their knowledge and understanding, providing a clear path to academic success.
-- Hem Chandra Bhatt, Assistant Professor,GPGC, Ramnagar

Financial Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: 5th Edition
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Cost Accounting and Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: 5th Edition
Instructor Resources

Financial Accounting Essentials You Always Wanted to Know: 5th Edition
Instructor Resources