Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Fintech and its historical perspective -- Part I: FINTECH & BLOCKCHAIN: INTERNATIONAL OVERVIEW -- Chapter 3: Financial Engineering and ICT in the past -- Chapter 4: Fintech and Blockchain: Contemporary Issues, New Paradigms and Disruption -- Chapter 5: The...

1. Introduction -- 2. Christian Faith and Economics -- 3. Biblical Stewardship and Economic Progress -- 4. Rationality and Alienation: Themes from Ghandi -- 5. Consumerism in Contemporary China -- 6. Anglican Christians and Modern Political Economy -- 7. Islamic Finance, Consumer Protection and...

Terms and Essays -- Deposit Insurance Schemes -- Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act: Creating a New Bank for a New Millennium -- Pre-funded Coupon and Zero-Coupon Bonds: Cost of Capital Analysis -- Intertemporal Risk and Currency Risk -- Credit Derivatives -- Foreign exchange risk premium and policy...

1. The Cooperation Imperative -- 2. Environmental, Social and Governance Challenges in China Today -- 3. China and Innovation -- 4. Implications of the Technology Race -- 5. Understanding Chinese History: A Brief Look Back at China from its Origins through the 1700s -- 6. A Century of...

Part I – General aspects of ESG -- 1. Introduction: the multiples roles of corporate governance under ESG (Paulo Câmara) -- 2. Sustainability as a game changer in corporate governance (Guido Ferrarini) -- 3. ESG and the shift on corporate purpose (Beate Sjåfjell) -- 4. Sustainability and...

Chapter 1. A historical Perspective on Disruptive Technologies -- Chapter 2. A Taxonomy of FinTech Innovation -- Chapter 3. Cryptocurrency Mining Protocols: A Regulatory and Technological Overview -- Chapter 4. The development of InsurTech in Europe and the strategic response of incumbents --...

Part I: Defining the Internet of Value 1 -- Chapter 1. Defining the Internet of Value -- Part II: How DLT will evolve in the Future 13 -- Chapter 2. Blockchains, DLTs and the Future of Payments 15 -- Chapter 3. Consensus: Proof of Work, Proof of Stake and Structural Alternatives. Part III: The...

Chapter 1: Introduction: Global Perspectives in FinTech: Law, Finance, Technology -- Chapter 2: FinTech Regulation - A Key to Financial Stability -- Chapter 3: Privacy, Data Protection, and Public Interest Considerations for FinTech -- Chapter 4: Financial Crimes in the Age of the Digital...

Urbanization, Sanitation, and Mortality in the Progressive Era, 1899-1929 -- The Continuing Puzzle of Hypertension among African Americans: Developmental Origins and the Mid-century Socioeconomic Transformation -- Health and Safety vs. Freedom of Contract: The Tortured Path of Wage and Hours...

Chapter 1. Creation of Energy Risk Insurance System -- Chapter 2. ICT Trade and Energy Transition in the BRICS Economies -- Chapter 3. Features of the Emergence and Functioning of the Energy Uncertainty Management in Russia -- Chapter 4. Are Changes in Electricity Production Perpetual or...