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- ISBN 9781606497784
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2026
- Publisher: Business Expert Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The difference between success and failure isn't your idea. It's your financial decisions.
Most businesses don't fail because of bad ideas. They fail because of poor financial management. Too often, entrepreneurs, executives, and investors operate without a clear understanding of the principles that truly drive business performance, corporate wealth creation, and long-term success.
This book is your advantage.
Through twenty engaging conversations between a budding entrepreneur and a seasoned banker, complex financial concepts are transformed into clear, practical insights you can immediately apply. No jargon. No abstraction. Just real-world understanding delivered with clarity and rigor by a trusted mentor who will show you how to:
- Spot what really drives performance, and what doesn't.
- Avoid the hidden traps that destroy businesses.
- Make better strategic and operational decisions.
- Evaluate companies and investments with a sharper, more disciplined lens.
- Turn good ideas into lasting financial success.
Whether you're building, leading, or investing, this book will change the way you think about business.
Because in the end, it's not the best idea that wins, it's the best-managed one.
Ancillary materials available for downloading on the publisher's website.
Gabriel Hawawini is Emeritus Professor of Finance at INSEAD where he held the Chair in Investment Banking and served as Dean. He is an internationally recognized expert in corporate finance who taught at the Wharton School, Columbia Business school, and NYU Stern. Gabriel has authored over 20 books and 90 research papers, including Finance for Executives: Managing for Value Creation, now in its 8th edition. An experienced board member and advisor, he brings decades of academic excellence and real-world insight to executives and company directors worldwide.
