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Part of Tsinghua University Texts, Financial Strategies for the Manager includes a range of financial management issues such as financial statement analysis, a systematic approach to financial performance appraisal, liquidity management and sales growth, working capital management, budgeting, foreign exchange and interest rate risk management, and a most useful tool not normally understood – EVA. The book is written in a concise and accessible style, minimizing the use of the technical jargon and complicated mathematical formulae. Included exercises enhance student learning and examples bolster ability to understand and use concepts in day-to-day situations. The material was originally developed for a large corporate client in the telecommunications business to assist non-financial managers in understanding financial theories in a practical way. It was expanded and revised into a text for a post-graduate course of the Asia/Pacific Management Co-operative Program, Capilano University, BC, Canada. Charles Priester is a professor at Capilano University of Canada; Jincheng Wang is a professor at the International Business School of Tianjin Foreign Studies University of China.

In addition to his academic career, Charles Priester has a background in commercial lending and investment banking .

These two activities require a thorough understanding of the factors that make companies perform well or poorly and equally importantly, to discover the changes necessary to either turn around underperforming companies or prevent poorly informed decisions being made before they can harm a company.

Charles has taught Accounting, Introductory and Advanced Finance, Investment Banking, International Finance (specializing in Asia/Pacific Region), Portfolio Management, International Trade Finance, and EVA Analysis.

Charles has taught at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, University of Victoria, Royal Roads University, Capilano College, the British Columbia Institute of Technology as well as given courses for the Certified Management Accountants of British Columbia and various corporate clients.

Wang Jincheng teaches business management courses at Tianjin University of Foreign studies. After completing his MBA program in UK, he went on to study with Asia Pacific Management Cooperative program at Capilano College in Canada. He has been involved in project financing for an oil product pipeline project in East Africa for a year and half.