Business Analysis and Valuation: IFRS edition uses a wide range of contemporary cases to illustrate the use of financial statement data in various valuation tasks.Centred around the IFRS Standards, this text demonstrates how to get the most information out of IFRS based financial statements. The focus is not only on building a solid understanding of the latest theoretical approaches but also placing students in a confident position to apply these.

We live in disruptive times. The world is changing faster than ever before, leaving people dazed, businesses struggling, economies floundering and societies fracturing. But why? Transition Point is the result of over five years of research to establish the answer; a breathtaking tale of freedom, unintended consequences and disruptive technologies that starts 1000 years ago and ends up in the second half of the 21st Century.

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'One of the best books yet written on data and algorithms. . .deserves a place on the bestseller charts.' (The Times) You are accused of a crime.

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This student-friendly textbook encourages the development of programming skills through active practice by focusing on exercises that support hands-on learning. The Python Workbook provides a compendium of 186 exercises, spanning a variety of academic disciplines and everyday situations. Solutions to selected exercises are also provided, supported by brief annotations that explain the technique used to solve the problem, or highlight a specific point of Python syntax.

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