risky, what leads them to choose the risky alternative? The answer starts with a detailed review of the theory behind risk … risky, what leads them to choose the risky alternative? The answer starts with a detailed review of the theory behind risk … directors to analyse why they take risks, and how companies control risks. Integrating theory and evidence the book develops a …

Aversion and Trust -- The Demand for Microinsurance Products Against Disaster Risk -- Going Forward: Building Resilience with …’s risk-taking propensity and level of trust - and the demand for microinsurance. Developing countries are particularly …Introduction -- Natural Disasters in Developing Countries -- Experience Natural Disasters: How this Influences Risk …

Preface -- Setting the landscape -- Examples of risk information concealment practice -- Causes of risk information … concealment -- Major on-going cases with information concealment practice -- Succesful risk information management. … – offering detailed descriptions and analyses of some 25 historical cases (Three Mile Island nuclear accident, Bhopal disaster …

This book is a comprehensive guide to several aspects of risk, including information systems, disaster management … Performance -- Information Systems Security Risk -- Enterprise Risk Management in Projects -- Natural Disaster Risk Management …, supply chain and disaster management perspectives. A major portion of this book is devoted to presenting a number of …

-- Enterprise Risk Management in Projects -- Natural Disaster Risk Management -- Disaster Risk Management in China -- Value …, accounting, and finance. We have discussed several aspects of risk, to include information systems, disaster management, and …Enterprise Risk Management in Supply Chains -- Enterprise Risk Management Process -- Information Systems Security Risk …

There has been some degree of reluctance in the past to consider disaster risk management within the mainstream of … with disaster risk management. It showcases projects and other initiatives in this field that are being undertaken in both …, climate change and disaster risk management worldwide. …

models can be used for assessing and managing risks of extreme events. It focuses on natural disaster risk, but also …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 …

1 Introduction and summary -- 2 What is a disaster? An economic point of view -- 3 Disaster risks: evidence and theory … Methodologies for disaster risk management in a changing environment -- 7 Decision making for disaster risk management in a changing … consequences of a disaster, and reviews methodologies for making decisions regarding risk management and adaptation. The author …

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 …