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Atlas of Challenges and Opportunities in European Neighbourhoods
Beckouche, Pierre (ed.); Besnard, Pierre (ed.);  … - 2016
presents a comparison with other world regions such as East Asia and North America. In the end, readers discover that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685857
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Global Challenges and the Emerging World Order
Sapelli, Giulio - 2015
Acknowledgements -- The terrible August 2013 -- The start of the Mediterranean crisis -- The world’s economic crisis …This book offers a fascinating overview of the challenges posed by the world’s new geostrategic order and likely future … is that the world is entering a phase of unstable growth generated by hyperfinancialization and deflation. Against this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019483
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Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region
Leal Filho, Walter - 2015
This book investigates the socio-economic impacts of Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific region. The authors put forward a strategy and action plans that can enhance the capacity of government agencies and non-governmental organizations to reduce the negative impacts of climate change. The needs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014019528
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Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy
Kalkuhl, Matthias (ed.); Braun, Joachim von (ed.);  … - 2016
This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011685744
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Management von Rohstoffrisiken : Strategien, Märkte und Produkte
Eller, Roland - 2010
Rohstoffmärkte im Überblick -- Rohstoffmärkte im Rahmen globaler Trends -- Rohstoffindizes -- Der europäische Energiemarkt -- Rohstoffe und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung -- Risiko- und Treasurymanagement von Rohstoffen -- Anforderungen an das Risikomanagement und Risikocontrolling -- Produkte...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014424892
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The Geography of Underdevelopment : Institutions and the Impact of Culture
Khawar, Mariam - 2017
This book examines why the differences in comparative economic development across the world have a geographical pattern …. It argues that there is a missing component in the geography versus institutions debate, namely the role of culture and … effects of geography on standards of living as well as its indirect effects via culture and institutions, a case is made to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012398281
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The Geography of Networks and R&D Collaborations
Scherngell, Thomas - 2013
The geography of networks and R&D collaborations, in particular the spatial dimension of interactions between … an aim to contribute to the recent debate in economic geography and regional science on how the structure of formal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014017409
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Modeling and Valuation of Energy Structures : Analytics, Econometrics, and Numerics
Mahoney, Daniel - 2016
Commodity markets present several challenges for quantitative modeling. These include high volatilities, small sample data sets, and physical, operational complexity. In addition, the set of traded products in commodity markets is more limited than in financial or equity markets, making value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306581
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Commodity Market Trading and Investment : A Practitioners Guide to the Markets
James, Tom - 2016
This book offers practical knowledge, analysis, trading techniques and methodologies required for the management of key international commodities. The author explores each aspect of commodity trading in detail and helps the reader to implement effective techniques to build a strong portfolio....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397512
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Optimization Methods for Gas and Power Markets : Theory and Cases
Edoli, Enrico - 2016
This is a valuable, quantitative guide to the technicalities of optimization methodologies in gas and power markets, and will be of interest to practitioners in the energy industry and financial sector who work in trading, quantitative analysis and energy risk modeling
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397554