Intro -- Introduction -- Contents -- 1 Project Management Traditional Principles -- 1.1 Projects -- 1.2 Initiating Projects -- 1.2.1 Specifying Project Values, Objectives, and Deliverables -- 1.2.1.1 Understanding the Raison D'être of the Project -- 1.2.1.2 Cutting the Project in a Priori...

Risk has become one of the main topics in fields as diverse as engineering, medicine and economics, and it is also studied by social scientists, psychologists and legal scholars. This Springer Essentials version offers an overview of the in-depth handbook and highlights some of the main points...

This book presents an overview of the risks involved in modern electricity production, delivery, and trading. Coverage includes energy markets, optimal decisions in managing energy systems, pricing, and political and other long term risks.

A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most widely used measure in finance today--Value at Risk, or VaR--reduces these risks to a single number, creating a false sense of security among risk...

Preliminary -- Introduction -- Stakeholder Theory -- The Theory of the Firm -- The Theory of Corporate Risk Management -- Theories of Corporate Finance Decisions -- Statistical methodology -- Empirical study -- Conclusions and suggestions for future research -- Back matter.

FRONT COVER -- ADVANCES IN FINANCIAL ECONOMICS -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- THE INCREASE IN CEO PAY AFTER LARGE INVESTMENTS: IS IT PURELY RENT EXTRACTION? -- INTRODUCTION -- HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT -- SAMPLE FORMATION -- EMPIRICAL ANALYSES -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES --...

Front Cover -- Security Convergence -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section 1: Security To Date -- Chapter 1: What is Security Convergence? -- Key Concepts of Security Convergence -- References -- Chapter 2: Why Should You Care?...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Part I. THE PROBLEM OF SAFETY -- 1 Safety versus business profit -- 1.1 The challenge of safety -- 1.2 Financial impact of accidents upon company profits -- 1.3 Business benefits of good safety performance -- 1.4 Review questions and exercises -- 2 Safety...

By picking up where traditional risk management techniques begin to fail, this book brings together leading-edge thinking from a variety of disciplines and shows how these techniques can be used to conquer uncertainty in projects.The book addresses five key questions: Why is there uncertainty in...

Managing Credit Risk, Second Edition opens with a detailed discussion of today's global credit markets-touching on everything from the emergence of hedge funds as major players to the growing influence of rating agencies. After gaining a firm understanding of these issues, you'll be introduced...