Purpose To explore the principles of risk management and the role of insurance within these principles
“There are few areas of accounting that need improvement more than the accounting for business combinations. The current accounting literature allows two economically similar business combinations to be accounted for using different accounting methods that produce dramatically different financial results, which is confusing to investors.”
This eBook explains all of the basic accounting concepts and terminology you will need to understand the three primary financial statements that appear in every organization’s annual report and most internal monthly reports. You will learn: ● The precise definition of essential accounting terms ● The purpose of the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement ● …
A second edition is always a cause for celebration. For the publisher, it confirms his hope that the product he sponsored would continue to be successful economically. For the author, the implications are even more delicious. His message has been understood, studied, and used. One could rarely ask for more from a professional thinker and a proponent ofbetter ways to think. To me the most s…
Organizations find information security and computer security require a lot of attention. As more and more of our lives and livelihoods become digital and interconnected, protecting that information naturally becomes more important. With increasing importance, these fields relate to a wider audience than the technical folks who manufacture, install, and manage computer resources. Technologists …
The main aim of this book is motivating readers on the potential of mobile clouds for implementing a large number of possible solutions needed or emerging in our present and future mobile and wireless world. Given that mobile clouds as such is a relatively new concept, a complete account of mobile cloud technology is not yet available. The goal of this book is to serve as an inspiring source …
Economic Development, Eleventh Edition, presents the latest thinking in economic development with the clear and comprehensive approach that has been so well received in both the developed and developing worlds. The pace and scope of economic development continues its rapid, uneven, and sometimes unexpected evolution. This text explains the unprecedented progress that has been made in many …
In this chapter, we build first a univariate and then a multivariate filtered historical simulation (FHS) model for financial risk management. Both the univariate and multivariate methods simulate future returns from a model using historical return innovations. While the former relies on portfolio returns filtered by a dynamic variance model, the latter uses individual or base asset return …
From all that I have observed throughout the years, whether as President and CEO of companies or as an industry observer, I know you can only ignore the suggestions of Pham’s book … at your own peril. And it’s a heck of a lot less money than getting this same advice from an expensive team of traditional consultants; it’s faster and easy to implement the ideas in this book; and it will h…
In a nation, the law can serve to (1) keep the peace, (2) maintain the status quo, (3) preserve individual rights, (4) protect minorities against majorities, (5) promote social justice, and (6) provide for orderly social change. Some legal systems serve these purposes better than others. Although a nation ruled by an authoritarian government may keep the peace and maintain the status quo, i…
This is the reference document for CreditMetrics™. It is meant to serve as an introduction to the methodology and mathematics behind statistical credit risk estimation, as well as a detailed documentation of the analytics that generate the data set we provide.
Following the success of the first edition of Dinero, Crédito Bancario y Ciclos Económicos, which sold out rapidly, I am pleased to present the second edition to Spanish-speaking readers. To avoid confusion and facilitate the work of scholars and researchers, the contents, structure, and page numbering of the first edition have been maintained in the second, though the book has been tho…
This Article examines the history of the regulation of risk management in the banking industry. Despite the centrality of risk management to contemporary banking law and regulation, its fundamental precepts have largely escaped scrutiny. This Article first summarizes what it means to manage risk and then contrasts a traditional story of risk management regulation with an alternative story.…
Vital and forward thinking – focused on the needs of project management professionals worldwide; that’s the Project Management Institute of today. We’ve long been acknowledged as a pioneer in the field and now our membership represents a truly global community, with nearly 370,000 professionals, representing over 185 countries. PMI professionals come from virtually every major industry…
Since their introduction, the wireless local area networks (LANs) have attracted the interest of professionals, faced with the needs of mobility and network connectivity to their organization. 802.11 networks, standardized by the IEEE in 1997 [1] has rapidly become until, in some cases, replace traditional wired networks like Ethernet. Since their arrival on the market, the steady evolution of …
The idea for this volume came with the formation of the Community of Evaluators (CoE) for South Asia in 2008. The CoE’s goal is to enhance the field of evaluation. That initiative brought together a group of evaluators from across South Asia interested in working together to strengthen the quality, use, and relevance of evaluation in the region. Dedicated evaluators came together from se…
FMIS project performance is analyzed from various angles. The performance ratings in the ICRs indicate that the majority of 55 completed projects were “satisfactory” along most dimensions of performance (67% of outcome, 87% of sustainability, 56% of development impact, 61% of Bank performance, and 59% of Borrower performance ratings were satisfactory or above).4 This pa ern changes sli…
This book covers the major historical aspects, characteristics, assessment strategies, and psychological treatment techniques for youths with social anxiety and social phobia. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the related constructs and history of social phobia. Chapters 2 and 3 provide a summary of the characteristics and etiological variables that pertain most to youths with social anxiet…