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Author : Julia Moses
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108426503
Examines Europe's first significant national policies on social welfare in the late nineteenth century, which had major implications for state-society relations.
Author : Peter Field
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:156672781
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Risk management
ISBN : 1906348308
Author : Bent Flyvbjerg,Nils Bruzelius,Werner Rothengatter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2003-02-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521009464
Megaprojects and Risk provides the first detailed examination of the phenomenon of megaprojects. It is a fascinating account of how the promoters of multi-billion dollar megaprojects systematically and self-servingly misinform parliaments, the public and the media in order to get projects approved and built. It shows, in unusual depth, how the formula for approval is an unhealthy cocktail of underestimated costs, overestimated revenues, undervalued environmental impacts and overvalued economic development effects. This results in projects that are extremely risky, but where the risk is concealed from MPs, taxpayers and investors. The authors not only explore the problems but also suggest practical solutions drawing on theory, experience and hard, scientific evidence from the several hundred projects in twenty nations and five continents that illustrate the book. Accessibly written, it will be the standard reference for students, scholars, planners, economists, auditors, politicians and interested citizens for many years to come.
Author : Peter L. Bernstein
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470534533
A Business Week, New York Times Business, and USA Today Bestseller "Ambitious and readable . . . an engaging introduction to the oddsmakers, whom Bernstein regards as true humanists helping to release mankind from the choke holds of superstition and fatalism." —The New York Times "An extraordinarily entertaining and informative book." —The Wall Street Journal "A lively panoramic book . . . Against the Gods sets up an ambitious premise and then delivers on it." —Business Week "Deserves to be, and surely will be, widely read." —The Economist "[A] challenging book, one that may change forever the way people think about the world." —Worth "No one else could have written a book of such central importance with so much charm and excitement." —Robert Heilbroner author, The Worldly Philosophers "With his wonderful knowledge of the history and current manifestations of risk, Peter Bernstein brings us Against the Gods. Nothing like it will come out of the financial world this year or ever. I speak carefully: no one should miss it." —John Kenneth Galbraith Professor of Economics Emeritus, Harvard University In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the central ideas that distinguishes modern times from the distant past. Against the Gods chronicles the remarkable intellectual adventure that liberated humanity from oracles and soothsayers by means of the powerful tools of risk management that are available to us today. "An extremely readable history of risk." —Barron's "Fascinating . . . this challenging volume will help you understand the uncertainties that every investor must face." —Money "A singular achievement." —Times Literary Supplement "There's a growing market for savants who can render the recondite intelligibly-witness Stephen Jay Gould (natural history), Oliver Sacks (disease), Richard Dawkins (heredity), James Gleick (physics), Paul Krugman (economics)-and Bernstein would mingle well in their company." —The Australian
Author : Patricia Grossi,Howard Kunreuther
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780387231297
Based on the research that has been conducted at Wharton Risk Management Center over the past five years on catastrophic risk. Covers a hot topic in the light of recent terroristic activities and nature catastrophes. Develops risk management strategies for reducing and spreading the losses from future disasters. Provides glossary of definitions and terms used throughout the book.
Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349622016
Environmental decision-making in recent decades has become increasingly dependent on scientific expertise. Grounded in universal principles of knowledge, these expert evaluations often depart from the assessments of ordinary members of the public. Whether the issue is nuclear power, genetic testing, food safety, or biodiversity, conservation lay people are increasingly charging experts with being ignorant of local contextual considerations. Scientists, as well as many policy-makers, in turn contend that the public is hopelessly irrational in gauging environmental risks. A growing group of social theorists has begun to take a keen interest in these disputes because risk captures central themes of late modernity. Increasing individualization, emerging new social movements, and declining public trust in key institutions are notions that loom large in these debates. Highlighting both theoretical and empirical perspectives, this volume brings together a distinguished group of environmental sociologists who critique and extend current thinking on what it means to live in a 'risk society'.
Author : Thomas Moynihan
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781913029845
How humanity came to contemplate its possible extinction. From forecasts of disastrous climate change to prophecies of evil AI superintelligences and the impending perils of genome editing, our species is increasingly concerned with the prospects of its own extinction. With humanity's future on this planet seeming more insecure by the day, in the twenty-first century, existential risk has become the object of a growing field of serious scientific inquiry. But, as Thomas Moynihan shows in X-Risk, this preoccupation is not exclusive to the post-atomic age of global warming and synthetic biology. Our growing concern with human extinction itself has a history. Tracing this untold story, Moynihan revisits the pioneers who first contemplated the possibility of human extinction and stages the historical drama of this momentous discovery. He shows how, far from being a secular reprise of religious prophecies of apocalypse, existential risk is a thoroughly modern idea, made possible by the burgeoning sciences and philosophical tumult of the Enlightenment era. In recollecting how we first came to care for our extinction, Moynihan reveals how today's attempts to measure and mitigate existential threats are the continuation of a project initiated over two centuries ago, which concerns the very vocation of the human as a rational, responsible, and future-oriented being.
Author : Marcus Schulmerich,Yves-Michel Leporcher,Ching-Hwa Eu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783642554445
This book is a guide to asset and risk management from a practical point of view. It is centered around two questions triggered by the global events on the stock markets since the middle of the last decade: - Why do crashes happen when in theory they should not? - How do investors deal with such crises in terms of their risk measurement and management and as a consequence, what are the implications for the chosen investment strategies? The book presents and discusses two different approaches to finance and investing, i.e., modern portfolio theory and behavioral finance, and provides an overview of stock market anomalies and historical crashes. It is intended to serve as a comprehensive introduction to asset and risk management for bachelor’s and master’s students in this field as well as for young professionals in the asset management industry. A key part of this book is the exercises to further demonstrate the concepts presented with examples and a step-by-step business case. An Excel file with the calculations and solutions for all 17 examples as well as all business case calculations can be downloaded at extras.springer.com.
Author : Ulrich Beck
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1992-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 080398345X
This panoramic analysis of the condition of Western societies has been hailed as a classic. This first English edition has taken its place as a core text of contemporary sociology alongside earlier typifications of society as postindustrial and current debates about the social dimensions of the postmodern. Underpinning the analysis is the notion of the `risk society'. The changing nature of society's relation to production and distribution is related to the environmental impact as a totalizing, globalizing economy based on scientific and technical knowledge becomes more central to social organization and social conflict.
Author : Maciej J. Capiński,Ekkehard Kopp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781107003675
A rigorous account of classical portfolio theory and a simple introduction to modern risk measures and their limitations.
Author : Georges Dionne
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119583127
An updated review of the theories and applications of corporate risk management After the financial crisis of 2008, issues concerning corporate risk management arose that demand new levels of oversight. Corporate Risk Management is an important guide to the topic that puts the focus on the corporate finance dimension of risk management. The author—a noted expert on the topic—presents several theoretical models appropriate for various industries and empirically verifies theoretical propositions. The book also proposes statistical modeling that can evaluate the importance of different risks and their variations according to economic cycles. The book provides an analysis of default, liquidity, and operational risks as well as the failures of LTCM, ENRON, and financial institutions that occurred during the financial crisis. The author also explores Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR), which is central to the debate on the measurement of market risk under Basel III. This important book: Includes a comprehensive review of the aspects of corporate risk management Presents statistical modeling that addresses recent risk management issues Contains an analysis of risk management failures that lead to the 2008 financial crisis Offers a must-have resource from author Georges Dionne the former editor of The Journal of Risk and Insurance Corporate Risk Management provides a modern empirical analysis of corporate risk management across industries. It is designed for use by risk management professionals, academics, and graduate students.
Author : Dan Bouk
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780226564869
Classing -- Fatalizing -- Writing -- Smoothing -- A modern conception of death -- Valuing lives, in four movements -- Failing the future.
Author : Baranoff,Patrick L. Brockett,Yehuda Kahane
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 1936126184
Author : Frank H. Knight
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781602060050
A timeless classic of economic theory that remains fascinating and pertinent today, this is Frank Knight's famous explanation of why perfect competition cannot eliminate profits, the important differences between "risk" and "uncertainty," and the vital role of the entrepreneur in profitmaking. Based on Knight's PhD dissertation, this 1921 work, balancing theory with fact to come to stunning insights, is a distinct pleasure to read. FRANK H. KNIGHT (1885-1972) is considered by some the greatest American scholar of economics of the 20th century. An economics professor at the University of Chicago from 1927 until 1955, he was one of the founders of the Chicago school of economics, which influenced Milton Friedman and George Stigler.