'Aviation Systems' provides comprehensive coverage of the field of air transportation, discussing aviation regulation, economics, management and strategy. Examples of airports and airlines, along with case studies in each chapter, support its application-oriented approach.
We expect governments to protect citizens from the adverse consequences of hazardous events; at the same time it is not possible or necessarily in the best interest of citizens for all risks to be removed. A risk-based approach to the design and implementation of regulation can …
Résumé : Le point sur la microéconomie bancaire qui a subi une profonde mutation au cours des 25 dernières années. Décrit les différentes formes d'intermédiation financière, l'industrie bancaire, l'impact de l'économie de l'information, l'instabilité du secteur et la politique d…
The globalization of capital markets since the 1980s has been accompanied by a vigorous debate over the convergence of corporate governance standards around the world towards the shareholder model. But even before the financial and economic crisis of 2008/2009, the dominance of …
As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of…
As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of…
"This book examines the relatively recent and under-explored phenomenon of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from large emerging market countries, focusing on the four BRIC states (Brazil, Russia, India, and China). The book looks particularly at the services sector, with …
Modern financial systems: theory and applications
"Diamonds brings together for the first time all aspects of the diamond industry. In it, Ian Smillie, former UN Security Council investigator and leading figure in the blood diamonds campaign, offers a comprehensive analysis of the history and structure of today's diamond trade,…
This text covers the collapse of American telecommunications after six years of deregulation, road networks, the railways, utility markets in the European Union, postal regulation and gas, electricity and energy.
