Risk Management (2nd edition)

Risk Management (2nd edition)

Published: 2004-12-22 | ISBN: 3540226826 | PDF | 800 pages | 18 MB

Dealing with all aspects of risk management that have undergone significant innovation in recent years, this book aims at being a reference work in its field. Different to other books on the topic, it addresses the challenges and opportunities facing the different risk management types in banks, insurance companies, and the corporate sector.

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Modeling Risk Management in Sustainable Construction

Modeling Risk Management in Sustainable Construction

Published: 2010-11-01 | ISBN: 3642152422 | PDF | 448 pages | 4 MB

In this edited volume, we present the state-of-the-art views of the perspective of enterprise risk management, to include frameworks and controls in the ERM process with respect to supply chains, constructions, and project, energy, environmental and sustainable development risk management. The bulk of this volume is devoted to presenting a number of modeling approaches that have been (or could be) applied to enterprise risk management in construction.

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Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory

Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory

Published: 2004-11-29 | ISBN: 0521843499 | PDF | 238 pages | 3 MB

This essential survival guide for successfully managing the modern-day IVF clinic condenses a wealth of expertise and experience from the authors in troubleshooting and implementing quality management in the IVF laboratory. With high-profile media coverage of mistakes at IVF clinics, and escalating regulatory scrutiny, there is increasing pressure for professional accreditation.

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Governance, Risk Management und Compliance: Innovative Konzepte und Strategien

Governance, Risk Management und Compliance: Innovative Konzepte und Strategien

Published: 2010-08-27 | ISBN: 3834915580 | PDF | 317 pages | 3 MB

Warum kommt es trotz Corporate Governance, Risk Management und Compliance-Mabnahmen immer wieder zum Zusammenbruch von Unternehmen und aktuell zu Finanz- und Wirtschaftskrisen?

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Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory

Quality and Risk Management in the IVF Laboratory

Published: 2004-11-29 | ISBN: 0521843499 | PDF | 238 pages | 3 MB

This essential survival guide for successfully managing the modern-day IVF clinic condenses a wealth of expertise and experience from the authors in troubleshooting and implementing quality management in the IVF laboratory. With high-profile media coverage of mistakes at IVF clinics, and escalating regulatory scrutiny, there is increasing pressure for professional accreditation.

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Value and Risk Management: A Guide to Best Practice

Value and Risk Management: A Guide to Best Practice

Publisher: W[ile]y-Bl[ac]kwell 2006 | 400 Pages | ISBN: 140512069X | PDF | 9 MB

Published on behalf of the Chartered Institute of Building and endorsed by a range of construction industry institutes, this book explains the underlying concepts of value and risk, and how they relate to one another. It describes the different issues to be addressed in a variety of circumstances and at all stages of a project's life and reviews a number of commonly used and effective techniques, showing how these may be adapted to suit individuals' styles and circumstances.

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Pricing and Risk Management of Synthetic CDOs

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Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3642156088 | edition 2010 | PDF | 300 pages | 3,4 mb

This book considers the one-factor copula model for credit portfolios that are used for pricing synthetic CDO structures as well as for risk management and measurement applications involving the generation of scenarios for the complete universe of risk factors and the inclusion of CDO structures in a portfolio context. For this objective, it is especially important to have a computationally fast model that can also be used in a scenario simulation framework.

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Financial Risk Manager Handbook by Philippe Jorion

Financial Risk Manager Handbook by Philippe Jorion

Publisher: Wiley; 3 Pap/Cdr edition (May 6, 2005) | ISBN-10: 0471706299 | PDF | 22 Mb | 768 pages

An essential guide to financial risk management and the best way to ace the GARP FRM(r) Exam.

The Financial Risk Management Exam (FRM Exam) is given by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) annually in November for risk professionals who want to earn FRM certification. Written with the full support of GARP and providing questions and solutions from previous exams, this is the definitive guide for those preparing to take the FRM Exam as well as a valued working reference for risk professionals.

Phillipe Jorion, PhD, MBA (Irvine, CA), is a Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Management at UC Irvine. The Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) oversees the FRM(r) Certification Program and is the leading association for risk professionals, with over 38,000 members worldwide.

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Corporate Governance, Risk Management und Compliance: Innovative Konzepte und Strategien

Corporate Governance, Risk Management und Compliance: Innovative Konzepte und Strategien Summary:

Auflage: 1 (27. August 2010) | ISBN: 3834915580 | 538 pages | PDF | 1.5 MB

Hochrangige Vertreter aus Praxis und Wissenschaft befassen sich aus verschiedenen Perspektiven mit Corporate Governance, Risk Management und Compliance und präsentieren wegweisende Konzepte und Strategien, um die langfristige Überlebensfähigkeit von Unternehmen sicherzustellen.

Das Buch richtet sich an Praktiker, insbesondere aus den Bereichen Controlling, Internationales und Strategisches Management, Rechungswesen, Unternehmensbewertung, Wirtschaftsprüfung und Wirtschaftsrecht sowie an Dozenten und Studierende der Betriebswirtschaftslehre.

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Risk Management in Project Finance and Implementation By Henri L. Beenhakker

Risk Management in Project Finance and Implementation By Henri L. Beenhakker Summary:

Publisher: Quorum Books (October 30, 1997) | ISBN-10: 1567201067 | ISBN-13: 978-1567201062 | 296 Pages | PDF | 5.3 MB

Beenhakker offers a comprehensive examination of all aspects of risk management--from financial structures and techniques through the development of efficient portfolios and decisions that will minimize investment risks and taxes. The result is a multifaceted approach to risk management, one that advances new theory and involves interaction among various disciplines. Beenhakker takes special care to point out the assumptions underlying developments in risk situations, and his book not only is self-contained in one volume, but also assumes no prior knowledge of the various disciplines upon which it is based and from which it draws its ideas. Professionals with investment responsibilities in both the public and private sectors will find a variety of new concepts explained clearly and simply. Their colleagues in the academic community and students will find the book to be a unique bridge between theory and practice.

About the Author

HENRI L. BEENHAKKER is a principal economist at the World Bank, Adjunct Professor in the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and adviser to the U.S. General Accounting Office.

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Concentration Risk in Credit Portfolios (EAA Series)

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Publisher: Springer | 2008 | ISBN: 3540708693 | Pages: 226 | PDF | 14,01 MB

Modeling and management of credit risk are the main topics within banks and other lending institutions. Historical experience shows that, in particular, concentration of risk in credit portfolios has been one of the major causes of bank distress. Therefore, concentration risk is highly relevant to anyone who wants to go beyond the very basic portfolio credit risk models. The book gives an introduction to credit risk modeling with the aim to measure concentration risks in credit portfolios. Taking the basic principles of credit risk in general as a starting point, several industry models are studied. These allow banks to compute a probability distribution of credit losses at the portfolio level. Besides these industry models the Internal Ratings Based model, on which Basel II is based, is treated. On the basis of these models various methods for the quantification of name and sector concentration risk and the treatment of default contagion are discussed. The book reflects current research in these areas from both an academic and a supervisory perspective

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Understanding And Managing Risk Attitude

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Publisher: Gower Publishing Company | ISBN: 0566086271 | edition 2005 | PDF | 191 pages | 3,3 mb

David Hillson's and Ruth Murray-Webster's Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude will help you understand the human aspects of risk management and to manage proactively the influence of human behaviour on the risk process. The authors introduce a range of models, perspectives and examples to define and detail the range of possible risk attitudes; looking both at individuals and groups. Using leading-edge thinking on self-awareness and emotional literacy they develop a powerful approach to address the most common shortfall in current risk management: the failure to manage the human aspects of the process.

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The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards By Johann Rost

The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards By Johann Rost Summary:

Publisher: Auerbach Publications; 1 edition (May 3, 2006) | ISBN-10: 0849370175 | ISBN-13: 978-0849370175 | 312 Pages | PDF | 3.5 MB

It is essential for a corporation to not only survive but thrive in today's global outsourcing environment. The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards is a comprehensive and accessible resource that assists an organization in deciding whether it will benefit from pursuing-or not pursuing-such an endeavor.

The author, an 18-year veteran of the IT industry, is an experienced consultant, software developer, manager, and entrepreneur. Providing an authoritative and unbiased view, he helps the reader navigate through a number of offshore outsourcing issues related to software management and international business. He examines the potential benefits derived from offshore outsourcing, as well as the possible pitfalls and how to avoid them as they apply to an organization's particular situation.

Offering a unique combination of technical and political insight, The Insider's Guide to Outsourcing Risks and Rewards is the one resource to have when trying to figure out your organization's next step.

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The Tolerability of Risk: A New Framework for Risk Management

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Earthscan Publications Ltd | 2007 | ISBN: 184407398X, 1844076091 | 160 pages | PDF | 1 MB

The book provides a historical and topical perspective on the alternative concept of Tolerability of Risk and its concrete regulatory applications. In the UK, Tolerability of Risk has been developed into a sophisticated framework particularly within the health and safety sectors. It is expected to guide decisionmakers when applying their legal obligation of keeping risks as low as practically reasonable. Could Tolerability of Risk become a wider source of inspiration across the full scope of risk analysis and management? Written by leading academics and risk practitioners from industry and government, the book presents a summary of theoretical perspectives on risk approaches, provides a detailed elicitation of the methods and approaches used to build the Tolerability of Risk framework and looks at the prospect for universal application of the framework across a wide area of risk. From nuclear power to air and environmental pollutants to climate change to drug testing, this strategy may offer a workable, pragmatic solution for balancing risks against the costs involved in controlling them as well as in developing the institutional capacity to make effective decisions in all jurisdictions worldwide. The Tolerability of Risk is essential, cutting-edge reading for all academics, researchers, professionals and decisions makers working in the treacherous landscape of risk analysis, cost-benefit calculations, and risk reduction, management, and regulation.

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An Introduction to Value-at-Risk

An Introduction to Value-at-Risk Summary:

Publisher: W.il.e.y 2006 | 192 Pages | ISBN: 0470017570 | PDF | 3 MB

The value-at-risk measurement methodology is a widely-used tool in financial market risk management. The fourth 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 estimation methods, and is aimed specifically at newcomers to the market or those unfamiliar with modern risk management practices. The author capitalises on his experience in the financial markets to present this concise yet in-depth coverage of VaR, set in the context of risk management as a whole.

Defining value-at-risk 

Variance-covariance methodology 

Monte Carlo simulation 

Portfolio VaR 

Credit risk and credit VaR 

Topics are illustrated with Bloomberg screens, worked examples, exercises and case studies. Related issues such as statistics, volatility and correlation are also introduced as necessary background for students and practitioners. This is essential reading for all those who require an introduction to financial market risk management and value-at-risk.

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High Yield Bonds: Market Structure, Valuation, and Portfolio Strategies

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Publisher: Mc.Gra.w-Hi.ll 1999 | 574 Pages | ISBN: 0070067864 | CHM | 2 MB

The availability of newer forms of high-yield bonds, along with dramatic growth in international issues and leveraged loans, marks a growing maturity in the high-yield bond market. But mistakes can be costly, and busy institutional investers and corporate finance officers can still find it challenging to locate the most favorable investment opportunities. High-Yield Bonds thoroughly explores every angle of this complex market, delivering statistics, research findings, and empirical facts guaranteed to help you understand the risks and rewards of high-yield investing. More than just a theoretical treatise on lower-grade bonds, this hands-on reference shows you how to uncover issues that provide exceptional returns for acceptable risk. Examples of the discussions include: a 77-year study of corporate bond defaults that reveals patterns and correlations--helping you intuitively judge a bond's risks; credit analylsis methodologies to help you determine an issuer's weaknesses and better evaluate the 12- to 24-month prospects; simulation methodologies to identify optimally diversified portfolios. As U.S. and international institutional investors seek higher yields, and emerging companies seek new sources of capital to finance growth, the high-yield bond market will continue to grow in strength and importance. Let High-Yield Bonds act as your on-call investment advisor in navigating this risky-yet profitable-market.

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Model-Driven Risk Analysis: The CORAS Approach

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 By Mass Soldal Lund, Bjørnar Solhaug, Ketil Stølen

Publisher:

Number Of Pages: 400

Publication Date: 2010-10-21

ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3642123228

ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783642123221

Product Description:

The term “risk” is known from many fields, and we are used to references to contractual risk, economic risk, operational risk, legal risk, security risk, and so forth. We conduct risk analysis, using either offensive or defensive approaches to identify and assess risk. Offensive approaches are concerned with balancing potential gain against risk of investment loss, while defensive approaches are concerned with protecting assets that already exist. In this book, Lund, Solhaug and Stølen focus on defensive risk analysis, and more explicitly on a particular approach called CORAS. CORAS is a model-driven method for defensive risk analysis featuring a tool-supported modelling language specially designed to model risks. Their book serves as an introduction to risk analysis in general, including the central concepts and notions in risk analysis and their relations. The authors’ aim is to support risk analysts in conducting structured and stepwise risk analysis. To this end, the book is divided into three main parts. Part I of the book introduces and demonstrates the central concepts and notation used in CORAS, and is largely example-driven. Part II gives a thorough description of the CORAS method and modelling language. After having completed this part of the book, the reader should know enough to use the method in practice. Finally, Part III addresses issues that require special attention and treatment, but still are often encountered in real-life risk analysis and for which CORAS offers helpful advice and assistance. This part also includes a short presentation of the CORAS tool support. The main target groups of the book are IT practitioners and students at graduate or undergraduate level. They will appreciate a concise introduction into the emerging field of risk analysis, supported by a sound methodology, and completed with numerous examples and detailed guidelines.

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Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science)

Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science) Summary:

Publisher: Springer | 2009 | ISBN 0387890130 | PDF | 464 pages | 8.3 MB

In Risk Analysis of Complex and Uncertain Systems acknowledged risk authority Tony Cox shows all risk practitioners how Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) can be used to improve risk management decisions and policies. It develops and illustrates QRA methods for complex and uncertain biological, engineering, and social systems systems that have behaviors that are just too complex to be modeled accurately in detail with high confidence and shows how they can be applied to applications including assessing and managing risks from chemical carcinogens, antibiotic resistance, mad cow disease, terrorist attacks, and accidental or deliberate failures in telecommunications network infrastructure. Written for a broad range of practitioners, including decision risk analysts, operations researchers and management scientists, quantitative policy analysts, economists, health and safety risk assessors, engineers, and modelers, the book emphasizes methods and strategies for modeling causal relations in complex and uncertain systems to the point at which effective risk management decisions can be made. Individual sections of the book introduce QRA, show how to avoid bad risk analysis, illustrate the principles for doing better analysis, and then show specific applications and extensions.

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Business Risk Management Handbook: A sustainable approach By Linda S Spedding, Adam Rose

Business Risk Management Handbook: A sustainable approach By Linda S Spedding, Adam Rose Summary:

Publisher: CIMA Publishing (November 28, 2007) | ISBN-10: 0750681748 | ISBN-13: 978-0750681742 | 768 Pages | PDF | 2.2 MB

It is now seen as essential that all businesses assess their exposure to business risk especially in relation to value creation. This book explains the practical links between risk management and the impact it has on the value of your business. It offers vital, accessible and timely tools to assist you in making an immediate difference to the core value of your business and thereby satisfy the demands of an ever increasing range of stakeholders.

This book will help you:

. Discover how risk exposure can have a financial impact on your business

. Make your business become more sustainable financially, socially and environmentally

. Learn how to apply knowledge fast with this practical guide to risk management issues

The sustainable approach covered by this book spans business survival to more recent issues, such as the use of energy and natural resources. It highlights the value of a more enlightened approach throughout an organization. In doing so the book explains the practical links between risk management and the impact on value using the Sustainable and Economic Risk Management (SERM) methodology which considers:

. inherent risk

. management of risk

. residual risk exposure.

By exploring the various frameworks that organizations operate in today - whether compulsory, compliance driven, voluntary or motivated by best practice - the book offers a practical tool through the SERM model which is at the heart of the book's approach to risk management. This model, together with its global EFR model, have established proven and practical methodologies to achieve sustainable risk management techniques that are accessible to all organizations.

* a practice-oriented guide to risk management issues with examples of how risks are quantified and explains how risk exposure can have a real 'material' financial impact on an organisation

* provides best practice examples along with case studies which demonstrate how risks are dealt with by organisations that are rising to the challenge to become more sustainable, financially, socially and environmentally

* explains why risk management is a significant tool in enhancing the overall value or performance of any given organisation.

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It is now seen as essential that all businesses assess their exposure to business risk especially in relation to value creation. This book explains the practical links between risk management and the impact it has on the value of your business. It offers vital, accessible and timely tools to assist you in making an immediate difference to the core value of your business and thereby satisfy the demands of an ever increasing range of stakeholders.

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Risk Analysis and Security Countermeasure Selection

Risk Analysis and Security Countermeasure Selection Summary:

Publisher: CRC Press 2009 | 422 Pages | ISBN: 1420078704 | PDF | 4 MB

When properly conducted, risk analysis enlightens, informs, and illuminates, helping management organize their thinking into properly prioritized, cost-effective action. Poor analysis, on the other hand, usually results in vague programs with no clear direction and no metrics for measurement. Although there is plenty of information on risk analysis, it is rare to find a book that explains this highly complex subject with such startling clarity. Very few, if any, focus on the art of critical thinking and how to best apply it to the task of risk analysis.

The first comprehensive resource to explain how to evaluate the appropriateness of countermeasures, from a cost-effectiveness perspective, Risk Analysis and Security Countermeasure Selection details the entire risk analysis process in language that is easy to understand. It guides readers from basic principles to complex processes in a step-by-step fashion — evaluating DHS–approved risk assessment methods, including CARVER, API/NPRA, RAMCAP, and various Sandia methodologies.

Using numerous case illustrations, the text clearly explains the five core principles of the risk analysis lifecycle. It also supplies readers with a completely adaptable graphic risk analysis tool that is simple to use, can be applied in public or private industries, and works with all DHS–approved methods. This reader-friendly guide provides the tools and insight needed to effectively analyze risks and secure facilities in a broad range of industries, including DHS designated critical infrastructure in the chemical, transportation, energy, telecommunications, and public health sectors. About the Author

Protection Partners International, Houston, TX USA & Beirut, Lebanon

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