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An essential guide to the science of good decision making, showing how ordinary people can make better decisions for their money, their health, and their families--Back cover.
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Since the mid-1990s risk management has expanded its reach and significance to become a benchmark of good governance for many public and private organisations. This book shows that the rise of risk management has much less to do with real dangers and opportunities than with orga…
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With a pedigree going back over ten years, The Definitive Handbook of Business Continuity Management can rightly claim to be a classic guide to business risk management and contingency planning, with a style that makes it accessible to all business managers. Some of the original…
This book gives a new perspective on how investors and policy makers can analyze risk and vulnerabilities in economies, both emerging market and industrial, by using modern risk management and financial engineering techniques. Using recent advances in this field and the theory o…
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A risk advisor for top financial institutions explains how limitless risky behaviors toppled a 158-year-old institution, using the story to illuminate the interconnection of the global financial system, as well as broader policy implications.
A risk advisor for top financial institutions explains how limitless risky behaviors toppled a 158-year-old institution, using the story to illuminate the interconnection of the global financial system, as well as broader policy implications.
