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How Finance Works by Mihir Desai — paperback

How Finance Works: The HBR Guide to Thinking Smart about the Numbers

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What You’ll Learn

  • Understand the Drivers of Company Value
  • Compare Cash Flow and Accounting Profit
  • Evaluate Funding and Investment Decisions

Mihir Desai explains business finance through cases, exercises, and visual examples. Learn how companies fund operations, why cash flow matters, and how financial decisions affect value. The guide helps readers connect the mechanics of finance to the choices managers and business owners face.

  • Author: Mihir Desai
  • Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publication date: April 23, 2019
  • ISBN-13: 9781633696709
  • ISBN-10: 1633696707
  • Pages: 288
  • Book weight: 1.7 lb
  • Dimensions: 0.7 H × 7.4 L × 9.8 W inches