New developments in assessing and managing risk are discussed in this volume. Addressing both practitioners in the banking sector and research institutions, the book provides a manifold view on the most-discussed topics in finance. Among the subjects treated are important issues such as: risk...

Forschungsstand zum Wissenserwerb bei Studierenden -- Theoretische Modellierung des Erwerbs und der Veränderung des betriebswirtschaftlichen Wissens -- Empirische Studie und Testinstrumente zur Messung der Wissensveränderung -- Entwicklung eines Mehrebenenstrukturgleichungsansatzes für...

Die Autorin zeigt in dieser Längsschnittanalyse auf, dass der Übergang in die Rente generell mit einer positiven Chance, sportlich aktiv zu sein, einhergeht. Dieser positive Effekt kann sowohl für Frauen und Männer, als auch stratifiziert nach den sozioökonomischen Schichten (SES)...

Causal analytics methods can revolutionize the use of data to make effective decisions by revealing how different choices affect probabilities of various outcomes. This book presents and illustrates models, algorithms, principles, and software for deriving causal models from data and for using...

This textbook is about three key aspects of system design: decision making under uncertainty, trade-off studies and formal risk analyses. Recognizing that the mathematical treatment of these topics is similar, the authors generalize existing mathematical techniques to cover all three areas....

Managing Uncertainty, Mitigating Risk proposes that financial risk management broaden its approach, maintaining quantification where possible, but incorporating uncertainty. The author shows that by using broad quantification techniques, and using reason as the guiding principle, practitioners...

During the 1990s Francis Fukuyama announced the end of history. The 2000s showed how it is an illusion to imagine a peaceful world without conflict. In this book, the authors explore how six major constraints are set to fix the trajectory of the global economy. Three of them are new: the aging...

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and Policy. Modern economic theory originated in the middle of the twentieth century when industrial expansion coupled with population growth led to a voracious use of natural resources...

1. Risky Play -- 2. Falling Fast -- 3. Moral Risk in a Nursing Home -- 4. Coping with Fallibility in Aviation -- 5. Fallibility and Trust in Healthcare -- 6. Approaches to Help in Organizations -- 7. Ethics of Fallibility