{"id":21138,"date":"2023-07-05T10:21:18","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=21138"},"modified":"2023-07-05T10:21:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T09:21:18","slug":"starting-undergraduate-study-get-ahead-with-our-summer-reading-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2023\/07\/starting-undergraduate-study-get-ahead-with-our-summer-reading-lists\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Undergraduate Study? Get ahead with our Summer Reading Lists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are about to embark on an undergraduate degree and want to brush up on your knowledge nice and early, you are in the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Here, our course leaders provide a list of the best texts, articles and research studies to delve into and help you prepare for your chosen course.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accounting and Finance\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Introduction-Financial-Accounting-Andrew-Thomas\/dp\/1526803003\">Andrew Thomas &amp; Ann Marie Ward &#8211; <em>Introduction to Financial Accounting,<\/em> 9th Ed \u2013 2019\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Financial-Accounting-Introduction-Augustine-Benedict\/dp\/0273688855\">Augustine Benedict and Barry Elliott &#8211;<em> Financial Accounting: An Introduction<\/em>, 2nd Edition, Pearson Education Ltd &#8211; 2011\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Management-Cost-Accounting-Alnoor-Bhimani\/dp\/1292232668\">Bhimani, A.,\u00a0Horngren, C. T., Datar S. M. and\u00a0Rajan, M. (2019),\u00a0<em>Management and Cost Accounting,<\/em> 7th\u00a0edition, Pearson.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Finance and Investment\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S105752192300114X\">The impact of the Russian-Ukraine war on global financial markets<\/a><u><\/u><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1057521921000144\">The impact of <span class=\"TextRun SCXW51517729 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51517729 BCX0\">Covid-19 on G7 stock markets volatility: Evidence from a ST-HAR model<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S1057521922000734\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW120131720 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW120131720 BCX0\">The impact of the FinTech revolution on the future of banking: Opportunities and risks<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW120131720 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/positivemoney.org\/how-money-works\/advanced\/the-money-multiplier-and-other-myths-about-banking\/\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW115260989 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115260989 BCX0\">What people think banks do<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW115260989 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:0,&quot;335551620&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/articles?id=10.1257\/aeri.20200019\">News Uncertainty in Brexit United Kingdom\u00a0<\/a><u><\/u><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Business and Management\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Introduction-Management-John-Schermerhorn-Jr\/dp\/1118951182\">John R. Schermerhorn Jr. and Daniel G. Bachrach &#8211; Introduction to Management, e.g &#8211; 14 Apr 2015<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Global-Business-Environment-Towards-Sustainability\/dp\/1352008971\">Janet Morrison &#8211; The Global Business Environment: Towards Sustainability? &#8211; 28 Feb 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Business-Environment-Themes-Issues-Globalizing\/dp\/0198739923\">Paul Wetherly and Dorron Otter &#8211; The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalizing World by &#8211; 29 Mar 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>International Business\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/International-Business-Global-John-Daniels\/dp\/1292214732\">Daniels, John D &#8211; \u00a0International Business: Environment and Operations 16th Edition- 2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2020\/03\/a-more-sustainable-supply-chain\">Villena, V. H., &amp; Gioia, D. A. &#8211;\u00a0 A More Sustainable Supply Chain.\u202f<em>Harvard Business Review<\/em>,\u202f<em>98<\/em>(2), 84-93 &#8211; 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Global-Shift-Mapping-Changing-Contours\/dp\/1849207674\">Dicken, P &#8211; Global Shift &#8211; New York &#8211; 2010<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/author\/todd-bridgman\">Todd Bridgman and<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/author\/stephen-cummings\">Stephen Cummings<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.sagepub.com\/en-gb\/eur\/a-very-short-fairly-interesting-and-reasonably-cheap-book-about-management-theory\/book268894\">A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book about Management Theory &#8211; 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pearson.com\/en-gb\/subject-catalog\/p\/Buchanan-Organizational-Behaviour-Buchanan-and-Huczynski-10th-Edition\/P200000003844?view=educator\">Buchanan, D and Huczynski, A &#8211; Organizational Behaviour &#8211; 2020<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/the-business-environment-9780198739920?cc=gb&amp;lang=en&amp;\">Wetherly, P., &amp; Otter, D &#8211; The Business Environment: Themes and Issues in a Globalising World &#8211; 2018<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Marketing\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Marketing-Concepts-Strategies-Lyndon-Simkin\/dp\/1473760275\">Sally Dibb; Lyndon Simkin; William M. 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