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Contracts and trust in alliances : discovering, creating and appropriating value
Vlaar, Paul W. L. - 2008
advances a more integrative framework. He probes issues such as: • the tension between the need and the ability to contract … control • dialectical tensions stemming from contract application • standardization of contracting practices. By exploring … -- ch. 3. Need versus ability to contract -- ch. 4. How trust and contracts coevolve -- ch. 5. Functions of negotiation and …
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Globalization and the environment : risk assessment and the WTO
Kellow, Aynsley John (contributor);  … - 2001
One of the unforeseen consequences of the WTO agreements has been controversy over risk. This volume explores aspects of risk with special reference to the WTO, where national instruments to reduce risk may conflict with international trade rules. The book is divided into sections dealing with:...
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Financial risk measurement and management
Diebold, Francis X. - 2012
: Theory and Practice 1, Amsterdam, Holland, New York, NY and Oxford, UK: North-Holland Publishing Company, 203-26 -- Peter K … Edition, McGraw-Hill. -- Lando, D. (2004), Credit Risk Modeling: Theory and Applications, Princeton University Press …), "The Cost of Capital, Corporation Finance and the Theory of Investment," American Economic Review, 48, 261-297. -- Nelson …
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Handbook on the economics of disasters
Skidmore, Mark (ed.) - 2022
"Evaluating the myriad dimensions of how disasters can affect economic activity and decision-making, this cutting-edge Handbook presents a timely analysis of the conditions that reduce or exacerbate disaster impacts. Addressing developments in research on disaster economics, internationally...
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The economics of outsourcing
Willcocks, Leslie P. - 2014
Kathleen M. Eisenhardt (1989), 'Agency Theory: An Assessment and Review', Academy of Management Review, 14 (1), January … in Outsourcing to China: Estimating the Property-Rights Theory of the Firm', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 120 (2), May … Street Journal, A1 -- Macneil, I.R. (1980), The New Social Contract: An Inquiry into Modern Contractual Relations, New Haven …
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Global business and the terrorist threat
Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor);  … - 2009
Global business is affected by global terrorism and the two are intricately linked on many levels. This book is an eclectic and enlightening compendium of research that explores the interrelationships between the two. A companion to and expansion on the authors' previous books on the area,...
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Risk, complexity and ICT
Hanseth, Ole (contributor); Ciborra, Claudio (contributor) - 2007
pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. Cases. …
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Handbook of Islamic banking
Hassan, M. Kabir (contributor); Lewis, Mervyn K. (contributor) - 2007
The handbook of Islamic banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field. This comprehensive handbook provides a succinct analysis of the workings of...
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Public private partnerships : the worldwide revolution in infrastructure provision and project finance
Grimsey, Darrin - 2004
This path-breaking book considers the recent trend for governments to look increasingly to private sector finance, provided by private enterprises constructing and managing public infrastructure facilities in partnership with government bodies
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Insurance and risk management
Niehaus, Greg (contributor) - 2008
theory to many different insurance markets. It also offers important insights into the factors influencing corporate risk …, Fall, 1283-324 -- Frank Fehle and Sergey Tsyplakov (2005), 'Dynamic Risk Management: Theory and Evidence', Journal of …, LXI 2, April, 893-919 -- Kevin Dowd and David Blake (2006), 'After VaR: The Theory, Estimation, and Insurance Applications …
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