The supply chain management field is one of the fastestgrowing fields in our economy, given the heavygrowth in international trade as a means to accessoutsourced production opportunities to lower costsand the growth in information technology to coordinatesupply chains. However, this opportunity...

Risk management has changed dramatically since the 2008 financial crisis...and new developments in technology and communications demand up-to- the-minute approaches for defending against threats-and seizing opportunities. This critical reference-now extensively updated-provides readers with the...

Models and methods for operational risks assessment and mitigation are gaining importance in financial institutions, healthcare organizations, industry, businesses and organisations in general. This book introduces modern Operational Risk Management and describes how various data sources of...

Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we can¬ but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know everything. Most people cannot be aware of most dangers at most times. Hence, no one can calculate...

Intro -- Systemic Risk -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- 1 Introduction -- References -- 2 Systemic Risk and the Financial System -- 2.1 Reasons for Adopting Broader Definitions of Systemic Risk -- 2.2 Reasons for Narrowing the...

The value-at-risk measurement methodology is a widely-used tool in financial market risk management. The fifth edition of Professor Moorad Choudhry's benchmark reference text An Introduction to Value-at-Risk offers an accessible and reader-friendly look at the concept of VaR and its different...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Archaeological prediction and risk management -- 2. The future of archaeological predictive modelling -- 3. On costs and benefits in archaeological prospection -- 4. The high price or the first prize for the archaeological predictive model -- 5. Archaeology as...

Through a new set of detailed case studies William Leiss shows that while industry and governments have made much progress in responsibly managing risks to health and environment, they generally remain quite poor at managing their involvements with risk issues, that is, with the often intense...