Accessibility to finance -- Alternative financial systems -- Fragility of debt -- Religion and economics -- The inconsistencies of financial modeling -- Fragility of statistics -- Mandelbrot's fat tails -- Thinking fast (and slow) with Kahneman -- Taleb's black swan -- Risk-sharing --...

Business managers will gain a basic understanding of the complex world of finance with Introduction to Finance: Markets, Investments, and Financial Management, 15th Edition. This text presents a balanced survey of the three main areas of finance: institutions and markets, investments, and...

A systematic study of the process of developing Islamic financial products for banks. Islamic banking began in the 1970s with the aim of providing financial services compatible with Islamic law. Driven by market forces it has grown rapidly in Muslim countries and in international financial...