Finance and the finance industry Books

Book SynopsisSince the financial crisis of 2008/09, the world’s major central banks have been struggling to return their economies to higher growth and to reach their inflation targets. This concise book analyzes the importance of central bank policies for the economy, and specifically investigates the reasons why they have failed to steer inflation as desired. The author, the Chief Economist at Allianz SE, argues that, in an environment of great uncertainty concerning the pass-through of monetary stimulus to the economy, central banks should not focus too narrowly on inflation targets, but should increasingly take the side effects of their actions into account. In particular, he contends that they must seek to minimize the risk of financial booms and busts in order to maximize long-term growth and prosperity.Building on existing research and contributing to the current debate, the book offers a valuable reference guide and food for thought for policymakers, professionals and students alike.Trade Review“This well written, accessible book focuses on the eurozone, the disappearance of inflation is a phenomenon that has gone global. … Heise’s arguments, well expressed and easy to follow, are not merely theoretical musings.” (Claire Jones, Financial Times, ft.com, June 03, 2019)Table of Contents1 Introduction.- 2 Some Reflections on the Secular Decline of Interest Rates.- 3 Uncertainties About the Monetary Transmission Mechanism.- 4 Side Effects of Monetary Accomodation.- 5 Towards a Monetary Policy Fit for the Future.- 6 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIslamic finance has grown exponentially since 1963 and has reached more than 70 countries around the world with the asset size of about $2.5 trillion. The Islamic investment system today comprises of both asset-backed and asset-based offerings. There is an evidence of sustained demand for Islamic investment in the global market among both Muslim and non-Muslim investors with demand outstripping supply and management. This book is a timely guide to understanding the paradigm of Islamic investment and its application in the contemporary investment reality, and will be of particular interest to academia, industrialists, professionals, investors, investment managers, product designers, students, decision makers and policymakers globally in the field of investment.Table of ContentsPart I: An Overview of Islamic InvestmentChapter 1: Islamic Investment ParadigmChapter 2: Islamic Fund ManagementPart II: Principles of Islamic InvestmentChapter 3: Shari’ah Frameworks of InvestmentChapter 4: Islamic Investment PoliciesPart III: Islamic Investment Products and PracticesChapter 5: Islamic Personal InvestmentChapter 6: Al-Musharakah Venture CapitalChapter 7: Islamic Micro-InvestmentChapter 8: Islamic Investment in StocksChapter 9: Investment in SukukChapter 10: Wealth Investment under Shari’ahChapter 11: Investment in Islamic Unit TrustChapter 12: Halal Investment in Sustainable Development GrowthChapter 13: Investing of Takaful FundsChapter 14: Experiencing Investing in Takaful FundsChapter 15: Investment in CryptocurrencyChapter 16: Foreign Investment under Shari’ahChapter 17: Rate of Return in Islamic Investment

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Book SynopsisThis book provides both conceptual knowledge of quantitative finance and a hands-on approach to using Python. It begins with a description of concepts prior to the application of Python with the purpose of understanding how to compute and interpret results. This book offers practical applications in the field of finance concerning Python, a language that is more and more relevant in the financial arena due to big data. This will lead to a better understanding of finance as it gives a descriptive process for students, academics and practitioners.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis open access book discusses firm valuation, which is of interest to economists, particularly those working in finance. Firm valuation comes down to the calculation of the discounted cash flow, often only referred to by its abbreviation, DCF. There are, however, different coexistent versions, which seem to compete against each other, such as entity approaches and equity approaches. Acronyms are often used, such as APV (adjusted present value) or WACC (weighted average cost of capital), two concepts classified as entity approaches.This book explains why there are several procedures and whether they lead to the same result. It also examines the economic differences between the methods and indicates the various purposes they serve. Further it describes the limits of the procedures and the situations they are best applied to. The problems this book addresses are relevant to theoreticians and practitioners alike.Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book presents the principles and methods for the practical analysis and prediction of economic and financial time series. It covers decomposition methods, autocorrelation methods for univariate time series, volatility and duration modeling for financial time series, and multivariate time series methods, such as cointegration and recursive state space modeling. It also includes numerous practical examples to demonstrate the theory using real-world data, as well as exercises at the end of each chapter to aid understanding. This book serves as a reference text for researchers, students and practitioners interested in time series, and can also be used for university courses on econometrics or computational finance.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- I. Subject of Time Series.- 2. Random Processes.- II. Decomposition of Economic Time Series.- 3. Trend.- 4. Seasonality and Periodicity.- 5. Residual Component.- III. Autocorrelation Methods for Univariate Time Series.- 6. Box-Jenkins Methodology.- 7. Autocorrelation Methods in Regression Models.- IV. Financial Time Series.- 8. Volatility of Financial Time Series.- 9. Other Methods for Financial Time Series.- 10. Models of Development of Financial Assets.- 11. Value at Risk.- V. Multivariate Time Series.- 12. Methods for Multivariate Time Series.- 13. Multivariate Volatility Modeling.- 14. State Space Models of Time Series.- References.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides computational tools that readers can use to flourish in the retirement income industry. Each chapter describes recipe-like algorithms and explains how to implement them via simple scripts in the freely available R coding language. Students can use those skills to generate quantitative answers to the most common questions in retirement income planning, as well as to develop a deeper understanding of the finance and economics underlying the field itself. The book will be an excellent asset for experienced students who are interested in advanced wealth management, and specifically within courses that focus on holistic modeling of the retirement income process. The material will also be useful to current and future wealth management professionals within the financial services industry. Readers should have a solid understanding of financial principles, as well as a rudimentary background in economics and accounting. Table of Contents1 Setting Expectations and Deviations.- 2 Loading and Getting to Know R.- 3 Coding the (Simple) Financial Life-cycle Model.- 4 Data in R: The Family Balance Sheet.- 5 Portfolio Longevity: Deterministic & Stochastic.- 6 Modeling the Risk of Sequence-of-Returns.- 7 Modeling Human Longevity and Life Tables.- 8 Life & Death in Continuous Time: Gompertz 101.- 9 The Lifetime Ruin Probability (LRP).- 10 Life Annuities: From Immediate to Deferred.- 11 Intelligent Drawdown Rates.- 12 Pensionization: From Benefits to Utility.- 13 Biological (and other) Ages.- 14 Exotic Annuities for Longevity Risk.- 15 Very Last Thoughts.- Glossary of User Defined R-Functions.

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Book SynopsisHow should we address today’s big problems, and what we can take from icons of economics past? How would John Maynard Keynes have resolved today’s debt problem, or how would Adam Smith have assessed the European carbon emission trading market? This book applies the ideas of ten renowned economists (Marx, Minsky, Keynes, Knight, Bergmann, Veblen, Sen, Myrdal, Smith, Robinson) to real world economic problems, directly or indirectly related to the causes and consequences of the 2008 financial crisis. Each chapter presents an economist, and structures the ‘problem’, the ‘insight’ (the economist’s idea), the ‘economist’ (short bio), and two ‘practices’ offering real-world alternatives. This book presents a lively and original approach that will be of interest to economists and non-economists alike, discussing key elements of an economics for a postcapitalist economy and connecting policy insights to real-world problems of today.Table of Contents

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Book Synopsis Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) reshape the corporate landscape helping companies expand market share and gain a strategic advantage. The ability to understand and analyze these transactions is a crucial skill. The first step in acquiring that skill is being able to gather and analyse information on M&As from public sources, such as financial statements. This textbook helps its readers better analyze M&A transactions using information provided in financial statements. Covering accounting and reporting of consolidations, goodwill, non-controlling interests, step acquisitions, spin-offs, equity carve-outs, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, disposal of subsidiaries, special purpose entities, and taxes, it focuses on the link between underlying economic events and the information in financial statements and how this link affects the assessment of corporate performance. The first part of the book provides description of the accounting rules governing M&A transactions, while the second part includes cases of M&A transactions. Each case focuses on a different element of an M&A transaction, and it is followed by a detailed solution with a complete analysis. Unlike other books in this field, this textbook focuses exclusively on accounting and financial analysis for graduate and upper undergraduate level courses in financial analysis, corporate finance, and financial accounting. Table of ContentsPart A – Accounting and Financial Reporting.- Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting for Inter-Corporate Investments.- Chapter 2: Main Issues in Purchase Accounting.- Chapter 3: More Issues in Purchase Accounting.- Chapter 4: Spin-Offs and Equity Carve-Outs.- Chapter 5: Special Purpose Entities.- Chapter 6: Tax issues in Business Combinations.- Chapter 7: Leveraged Buyouts & Recapitalizations.- Chapter 8: Financial Analysis of Business Combinations (Ratios).- Chapter 9: Financial Analysis of Business Combinations (Advanced issues).- Part B – Case Studies.- Chapter 10: Kraft’s Acquisition of Cadbury (Part I) – Purchase Accounting.- Chapter 11: The Bank of Hope: The Merger of Wilshire Bank and BBCN Bancorp.- Chapter 12: AT&T – Equity Method Investments.- Chapter 13: Nokia Siemens Networks – Purchase Accounting, Equity Method and Proportionate Consolidation.- Chapter 14: Ensign’s Spin-off of CareTrust REIT.- Chapter 15: Altria and Kraft – Carve-out and Spin-off.- Chapter 16: The Sale of Coca Tea – The Impact of Taxes.- Chapter 17: Surgery Partners – Pushdown Accounting.

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Book Synopsis Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) reshape the corporate landscape helping companies expand market share and gain a strategic advantage. The ability to understand and analyze these transactions is a crucial skill. The first step in acquiring that skill is being able to gather and analyse information on M&As from public sources, such as financial statements. This textbook helps its readers better analyze M&A transactions using information provided in financial statements. Covering accounting and reporting of consolidations, goodwill, non-controlling interests, step acquisitions, spin-offs, equity carve-outs, joint ventures, leveraged buyouts, disposal of subsidiaries, special purpose entities, and taxes, it focuses on the link between underlying economic events and the information in financial statements and how this link affects the assessment of corporate performance. The first part of the book provides description of the accounting rules governing M&A transactions, while the second part includes cases of M&A transactions. Each case focuses on a different element of an M&A transaction, and it is followed by a detailed solution with a complete analysis. Unlike other books in this field, this textbook focuses exclusively on accounting and financial analysis for graduate and upper undergraduate level courses in financial analysis, corporate finance, and financial accounting. Table of ContentsPart A – Accounting and Financial Reporting.- Chapter 1: Introduction to Accounting for Inter-Corporate Investments.- Chapter 2: Main Issues in Purchase Accounting.- Chapter 3: More Issues in Purchase Accounting.- Chapter 4: Spin-Offs and Equity Carve-Outs.- Chapter 5: Special Purpose Entities.- Chapter 6: Tax issues in Business Combinations.- Chapter 7: Leveraged Buyouts & Recapitalizations.- Chapter 8: Financial Analysis of Business Combinations (Ratios).- Chapter 9: Financial Analysis of Business Combinations (Advanced issues).- Part B – Case Studies.- Chapter 10: Kraft’s Acquisition of Cadbury (Part I) – Purchase Accounting.- Chapter 11: The Bank of Hope: The Merger of Wilshire Bank and BBCN Bancorp.- Chapter 12: AT&T – Equity Method Investments.- Chapter 13: Nokia Siemens Networks – Purchase Accounting, Equity Method and Proportionate Consolidation.- Chapter 14: Ensign’s Spin-off of CareTrust REIT.- Chapter 15: Altria and Kraft – Carve-out and Spin-off.- Chapter 16: The Sale of Coca Tea – The Impact of Taxes.- Chapter 17: Surgery Partners – Pushdown Accounting.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces physics students to concepts and methods of finance. Despite being perceived as quite distant from physics, finance shares a number of common methods and ideas, usually related to noise and uncertainties. Juxtaposing the key methods to applications in both physics and finance articulates both differences and common features, this gives students a deeper understanding of the underlying ideas. Moreover, they acquire a number of useful mathematical and computational tools, such as stochastic differential equations, path integrals, Monte-Carlo methods, and basic cryptology. Each chapter ends with a set of carefully designed exercises enabling readers to test their comprehension.Table of ContentsChapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Concepts of finance Chapter 3 - Portfolio theory and CAPM Chapter 4 - Stochastic processes Chapter 5 - Black-Scholes differential equation Chapter 6 - The Greeks and risk management Chapter 7 - Regression models and hypothesis testing Chapter 8 - Time series Chapter 9 - Bubbles, crashes, fat tails and Levy-stable distributions Chapter 10 - Quantum finance and path integrals Chapter 11 - Optimal control theory.

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Book SynopsisThis book examines economic policies utilized within Southeast Europe in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Covering countries both within and outside the European Union, the human and economic cost of the pandemic is calculated using macroeconomic models from a short and longer term perspective. The economic policies used during the pandemic are analyzed, alongside crisis management approaches, to highlight the effectiveness of monetary policy, fiscal policies and potential future economic solutions for the post COVID-19 period. This book aims to provide policy recommendations based on findings from Southeast Europe. It is relevant to researchers and policymakers involved in economic policy and the political economy, as well as anyone interested in the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.Table of Contents1. Macroeconomic developments and COVID-19 recession in (CE)SEE.- 2. COVID-19 contagion among countries: Croatia and Slovenia in Comparison.- 3. The Short-Term Economic Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the EU.- 4. Macroeconomics of the COVID-19 Crisis.- 5. Central bank's balance sheet as a monetary policy tool in Croatia during Covid-19 recession.- 6. Quantitative Easing, Inflation and New Monetary Paradigm, Marinko Škare and Dean Sinkovic.- 7. Monetary policy during two global crises; The Case of Croatia.- 8. Monetary transmission in Croatia.- 9. Monetary and fiscal policy responses to COVID-19 crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovinia.- 10. Emergency financial (mis) management in Croatia.- 11. Modern Monetary Theory and crises management.- 12. Reversing pension privatization in the context of the Covid-19 crisis.- 13. Monetary and fiscal policy recommendations during and post COVID crisis.

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Book SynopsisFinancial stability is a pillar of well-functioning financial markets. After the last financial crisis, European policymakers harmonised banking regulation and revised the framework of banking resolution. The introduction of the bail-in legislation is a natural experiment to improve the understanding of banking resolution and how it affected the funding strategies of banks. This book assesses whether financial stability has been strengthened by the change in banks’ resolution policy with a focus on the bail-in. The book shows how banks changed their funding strategies, shrank their balance-sheets and relied more on deposits. The book will discuss inter-alia the mis-selling of bonds, which happened during 2012-2013, analysing whether the bond allocation changed after the bail-in launch. It discusses how the bail-in mechanism was deemed credible by equity holders and argues that the European case would have useful implications for third countries. Finally, the book relates this discussion to the possible collateral effects generated by the new resolution policy during and after the COVID-19 crisis, which will be of particular interest to researchers and policymakers in banking and financial institutions. ​Table of ContentsChapter 1: The new resolution framework.- Chapter 2: Bank funding strategies after the bail-in announcement.- Chapter 3: Risk Allocation and bond misselling after the bail-in directive.- Chapter 4: Bond allocation after the bank resolution cases.- Chapter 5: Market reaction at the resolution events.

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Book SynopsisEquivalence in Financial Services offers a comprehensive and cross-industry examination of the rules and procedures under EU financial legislation dedicated to third-country market actors. The equivalence regime has become particularly topical after Brexit, as the United Kingdom is now a third country from the perspective of the European Union. This book investigates whether the current equivalence system is fit for its purpose, namely facilitating cross-border finance while minimizing as extensively as possible financial risks. After describing how the European Commission adopts equivalence measures, the book examines the implementation of the equivalence regime for the following entities: Credit Rating Agencies, Benchmarks, Trading Venues, Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Central Securities Depositories, Trade Repositories, and Central Counterparties. Addressing the most recent policy and legal developments, Equivalence in Financial Services provides an insightful guide into this complex area of financial regulation for scholars of financial regulation, legal practitioners, and policy makers. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance.- Chapter 2: Financial Regulation and Systemic risk.- Chapter 3: The Regulation of Globalized Finance.- Part 2: Cross-Border Regulation in the EU: The Passport and the Equivalence Regime.- Chapter 4: The Passport Regime.- Chapter 5: The EU Equivalence Regime: Financial Regulation between the EU and Third Countries. - Part 3: The Regulation of Cross-Border Finance.- Chapter 6: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Equivalence: towards an Analytical Framework.- Chapter 7: A Cross-Industry Analysis of EU Equivalence Frameworks. Are they Effective?.- Chapter 8: The Equivalence Framework for Central Counterparties. EU Regulation and Supervision.- Chapter 9: A Proposal to Reform the EU Equivalence Regime.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction: Decentralization Technologies in Finance.- Financial Regulation, Political Context, and Technology in the European Union.- Blockchain Technology.- Decentralized Digital Identities.- Federated Learning.- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies.- Self-Sovereign Identity for Digital KYC.- Decentralized Finance and Blockchain in Traditional Finance: Economic Opportunities and Adoption Challenges.- Decentralized Finance and Decentralized Digital Identities: Opportunities and Challenges of Identity Solutions.- Decentralization Technologies in the Context of ESG Accounting and Reporting.- Opportunities and Applications of Federated Learning in the Financial Services Industry.- Decentralization beyond Disintermediation: The Case of Central Bank Digital Currencies.- Reflections on De-Centralization in Decentralized Financial Applications.- On the Energy Consumption of a Decentralized Financial Sector.

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Book SynopsisINTRODUCTION.- Chapter 1: Artificial Intelligence, Finance, and Sustainability: An Overview.- PART 1: CONCEPTUAL (INTEGRATIVE) FRAMEWORKS.- Chapter 2: A Panoramic Overview of the Opportunities and Challenges Artificial Intelligence Brings to ESG Investing.- Chapter 3: Measuring Sustainability with Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 4: Enhancing Sustainable Finance Advisory and Literacy through AI-based Personalization.- Chapter 5: Artificial Intelligence to Advance Sustainability: A Review of Progress.- Chapter 6: The Future of Sustainable Finance: AI-Driven Sustainable Pairs Trading in Market-Neutral Investing.- PART II: CLIMATE AND ENERGY.- Chapter 7: Predicting Carbon Emissions with Explainable Machine Learning Models: Applications for Chinese Provinces.- Chapter 8: Assessing Physical Climate Risks: An AI-Powered Tool for Businesses.- Chapter 9: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Energy Efficiency and Finance.- PART III: REPORTING AND REGULATION.- Chapter 10: Enhancing the Issuance and Monitoring of Sustainable Finance Instruments through Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 11: The Law of Fintech: How Artificial Intelligence and Innovative Technologies Contribute to a Sustainable Financial Industry and Its Effective Regulation.- Chapter 12: Corporate Digital Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence: Towards a Disclosure Framework.- Chapter 13: The Implications of Adopting Artificial Intelligence in the Auditing Process.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book examines the formation and sustainability of private credit networks in past societies, gathering a global range of case studies from Europe and the Americas. The book represents a fi rst attempt to coordinate the work of different scholars working on credit networks and aims to explore the possibilities offered by social network analysis for the study of past fi nancial markets and networks. Each contribution offers new perspectives for the comprehension of past fi nancial networks, with a broad chronological and geographical scope. The chapters are arranged thematically and study both rural and urban networks, each employing a network perspective to facilitate an increased understanding of the relational dynamics of preindustrial credit transactions. This book models the various ways that SNA can be utilized by economic and fi nancial historians, as well as discusses its limitations and ways in which it can be combined with qualitative archival research. The book is of interest to a broad audience of scholars in the fi elds of economic, fi nancial and social history.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Systematic Literature Review on WAQF Issues and Challenges to Sustain the WAQF Development Initiatives.- Chapter 2. Echoes of Silence: the Complex Dynamics of Reporting Incest.- Chapter 3. Mass Customization in Welding and Manufacturing Through Standard Work Hours (SWH) Modelling.- Chapter 4. Behind the Screen: Exploring Cybersex Addiction as the Mediator of Factors Influence and Its Psychological and Physical in Peninsular Malaysia.- Chapter 5. Are Independent and Nonexecutive Directors Improving Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: An Evidence From Bangladesh.- Chapter 6. Integrating Sustainability Into Software Development: A Global Categorization.- Chapter 7. Mediating Effects of Strategic Outsourcing on the Relationship Between Supply Chain Complexity and Supply Chain Performance.- Chapter 8. Understanding Binary Employees' Awareness Towards LGBTQ Inclusion at Workplaces.- Chapter 9. Machine Learning-based Models for the Pre-emptive Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Anemia Using Clinical Data.- Chapter 10. Using Digital Visualization Tools to Explore Landscape Preferences of Young Generation to Improve Youth Well-being in Residential Communities.- Chapter 11. Islamic Economics and Finance.- Chapter 12. Improving State Management of Agricultural Production Development in the Digital Economy.- Chapter 13. Towards a Knowledge-based Economy: Empowering Higher Education in Oman With Ai for Vision 2040 Achievement.- Chapter 14. The Impact of Internal Auditors' Application for Information Technology Requirements on the Audit of Internal Control Systems of Banks - (an Applied Study on a Sample of the Banking Sector in UAE - 2024 ).- Chapter 15. Students' Mental Health and Sustainable Learning Practices in Saudi Arabia.- Chapter 16. Synergies of Design Thinking, Lean, and Agile Methodologies in UAE SME Success.- Chapter 17. Evaluation of the Innovation Capability Toward Business Sustainability in the West Java Creative Market.- Chapter 18. Enhancing House Price Prediction Accuracy and Preci-sion: A Data Mining Approach With Python and Stacking Algorithm.- Chapter 19. Towards an Effective Student Bodies and Students' Movement.- Chapter 20. Enhancing the Performance of Translation Graduates Through Training: a Proposed Practical Model.- Chapter 21. Revolutionizing Employee File Management: Can Ejada Lead the Digital Transformation.- Chapter 22. Urban Mobility Planning and Path Optimization in Mo-bility as a Service (MaaS) Using Machine Learning.- Chapter 23. Green Minds, Green Future: Impact of Environmental Education on Students' Attitudes and Intentions.- Chapter 24. An Interplay of Artificial Intelligence Based Customer Analysis on the Performance of Customer Relationship Management in Organized Retail Outlets -serial Mediation Approach.- Chapter 25. An Analytical Framework for Improving Employee Assistance Program Implementation in Organizations.- Chapter 26. Leveraging Retail Business Outcomes: the Influence of Artificial Intelligence in ERP Systems on End Users.- Chapter 27. A Study on Relationship Between Awareness, Attitude and Satisfaction of Sustainable Farmers in Sustainable Farming Through Structural Equation Modelling.- Chapter 28. E-mail Classification Using Traditional Deep Learning Models & Large Language Models (LLMs).- Chapter 29. The Rise of the Metaverse: a Paradigm Shift in Marketing.- Chapter 30. The Influence of Mother's Role in Strengthening Millennial Perceptions of Gender Intelligence.- Chapter 31. The Influence of Sustainable Human Resource Practices on Employee Retention.- Chapter 32. Beyond Bloodlines: Understanding the Deep-seated Forces Fueling Incestuous Dynamics.- Chapter 33. Consumers' Intentions to Utilize Service Robots in Restaurants and Cafes: Why Some Embrace, While Others Avoid.- Chapter 34. Determinants Factors of Skincare Brand Loyalty Among Gen Z in Jakarta.- Chapter 35. Information and Communication Support for the Diversification of Business Processes in Conditions of Global Financial Uncertainty.- Chapter 36. Navigating the Future: Exploring Fintech's Strategic Impact, Competitiveness, and Sustainability (A Conceptual Review).- Chapter 37. Designing a Digital Platform for the Umrah Ecosystem: A Conceptual Analysis and Design Thinking Approach.- Chapter 38. Socio- Demographic Variables Affecting the Occupational Stress of Senior Secondary School Teachers in Himachal Pradesh.- Chapter 39. AI in IA: Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Internal Audit a Qualitative Study.- Chapter 40. Navigating the Road to Safety: A Comprehensive Analysis on Level of Enhancing Road Safety Among Motorcyclists in Selangor.- Chapter 41. Using Information and Communication Technology for Smart Urban Governance Mediated by Community Engagement.- Chapter 42. The Effect of Academics' Openness to Experience Trait on the Behavior of Sharing Knowledge Voluntarily in Bahrain's HEIs.- Chapter 43. Capability Modeling in Enterprise Process Map for IT Industry.- Chapter 44. Evaluating the Reliability and Impact of Ai-assisted Tools on Argumentative Writing Competency Among EFL Omani Learners.- Chapter 45. Exploring the Role of Generative AI Awareness in Shaping Student ?perceptions.- Chapter 46. Machine Learning Solutions for Sustainable Rambutan Farming: A Needs Assessment for Disease Detection.- Chapter 47. Utilizing the Business Model Canvas for Sustainable Practices Thailand's Food Industry Business Model: A Systematic Approach.- Chapter 48. Developing a Model of Content Marketing in Creative Economy Marketing Strategies to Influence Consumer Purchase Intentions.- Chapter 49. Enhancing Cybersecurity Through Continuous Authentication: a Review of Keystroke and Mouse Dynamics.- Chapter 50. Social and Environmental Protection in Islamic Social Enterprise: a Proposed Model for Sustainability.- Chapter 51. Blockchain Proposal for Productive Zakat to Boost the Performance of Smes in Buraimi, Sultanate of Oman: an Exploratory Study.- Chapter 52. Impact of Binge-watching, Bedtime Procrastination, and Social Media Use on Imposter Phenomenon Among Young Adults.- Chapter 53. Assessing Critical Success Factors of Business Continuity During Pandemic: Case Study From Bahrain's Financial Sector.- Chapter 54. A Systematic Literature Review on the Impact of Business Intelligence Systems in Monitoring Customer Churn in the Insurance Sector.- Chapter 55. From on-board Data to Network Knowledge: A Group-based Federated Learning Approach for Vehicular Networks.- Chapter 56. Truth in the Time of AI: Strategies for Countering Fake News in Social Media Landscapes.- Chapter 57. A Sequential Mixed Method Approach to Measure Internal Audit Effectiveness.- Chapter 58. Comparison of Online Shopping in the Visegrad Group ?and Scandinavian Countries.

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Book SynopsisTiered Mechanisms for Blockchain Transaction Fees.- Liquid Staking Tokens in Automated Market Makers.- The Cost of Permissionless Liquidity Provision in Automated Market Makers.- Global Trends in Cryptocurrency Regulation: An Overview.- Collateral Portfolio Optimization in Crypto-Backed Stablecoins.- Forecasting Realised Volatility: Implied and GARCH Volatility in Bitcoin, Gold, Oil Markets.- Multi-Agent Privacy-Preserving Micro-Payment Verification for Offline Resource-Constrained Devices using Smart Contracts.- Discrete & Bayesian Transaction Fee Mechanisms.- Quantifying Arbitrage in Automated Market Makers: An Empirical Study of Ethereum ZK Rollups.- From Niche to Mass Adoption: Taking Native Staking Mainstream.- Stackelberg Attack on Protocol Fee Governance.- Blockchain-Based Identity Solutions for Artificial Intelligence: Two-sided Virtual Markets without Trust.- AdChain: Decentralized Header Bidding.- The DeFi Ecosystem Game: Proof-Via-Simulations.- Velocity, Holding Time and Lifespan of Cryptocurrency in Transactions.- Profiting off the High Correlation of Cryptocurrency Pairs Using Statistical Arbitrage.- Robbed withdrawal.- Global Taxonomy of Stablecoins.- An analysis of the MiCA regulation and its impact for the blockchain-based economies.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction to cryptocurrencies and digital currencies.- Blockchain technology: the backbone of cryptocurrencies.- Popular cryptocurrencies: bitcoin and beyond.- Digital currencies issued by central banks.- The economics of cryptocurrencies.- Legal and regulatory challenges.- Security and privacy in the digital currency space.- Cryptocurrencies in investment and financial markets.- The social and environmental impact of cryptocurrencies.- The future of cryptocurrencies and digital currencies.

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction: The Nature and Significance of Medieval Statistics.- 2. The Domesday Book(s): Income Before and After the Norman Conquest.- 3. Medieval Monastic Accounting Records: Potentials and Pitfalls for Statistical Analysis.- 4. Population Statistics.- 5. Agricultural Statistics.- 6. Overseas, Inland and Coastal Trade.- 7. Industry I: Cloth and Tin.- 8. Industry II: Mining, Fishing, Salt-Making, Building and Urban Manufacturing.- 9. Urban Rents and the Property Market.- 10. Money Supply.- 11. The Size of the Medieval Economy.

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Book SynopsisThe vast majority of investors in the capital market do so, at least in part, via mutual funds. It describes recent academic findings and translates them into practical guidelines for mutual fund selection, and will be of interest to researchers alongside professional investors and fund ranking agencies.

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Book Synopsis.- Introduction to Wealth Management..- Defining Wealth Management..- Importance in Modern Financial Landscape..- Traditional Wealth Management Practices..- Emergence of AI in Wealth Management..- How AI is Transforming Wealth Management..- Data Analytics and Predictive Modeling..- Automated Investment Platforms..- Personalization and Customization..- Enhancing Efficiency and Accuracy..- Key Differences between Traditional and AI Wealth Management..- Conclusion: Harnessing the Power of AI in Wealth Management..- Glossary: Key Terms and Concepts in Wealth Management and AI..- References: Suggested Readings and Resources.

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to behavioral finance applied to wealth management. Aimed at students, asset managers, financial advisors, and investors, the book explores the behavioral approach on financial decisions and examines the psychology around investor behavior.

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Book SynopsisThis open access book provides a comprehensive overview of the vulnerabilities of central banks' financial accounts and the implications for central bank capital and risk management in turbulent times.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Background and FoundationsSustainability, Fintech, Data Science, & AI.- Chapter 2. ESG Integration: Unveiling Risk and Driving Innovation in Sustainable Finance.- Chapter 3. It's Changing. The Dynamics of the Modern World: Climate Change and Planetary Boundaries.- Chapter 4. A Deep Dive into Climate Risks and Materiality.- Chapter 5. Regulation & Frameworks Current and Future Reporting Trend.- Chapter 6. Geospatial Finance Foundations and Applications.-  Chapter 7. Satellite Remote Sensing: Pioneering Tools for Environmental Insight and Sustainable Investment.- Chapter 8. The Intersection of Carbon Pricing, Fintech, and Blockchain Technology.- Chapter 9. GenAI: Unlocking Sustainability Insights and Driving Change in Fintech.- Chapter 10. Geospatial Finance Foundations and Applications.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: Beyond Banks: An Introduction Christiaan van Bochove, Juliette Levy.- Chapter 2: The Decline of a Great Financial Intermediary: Notaries in France, 1851-1934 Philip Hoffman, Gilles Postel-Vinay, Jean-Laurent Rosenthal.- Chapter 3: Financial Intermediation in Colonial 17th- and 18th-Century Buenos Aires: Credit, Trust, and Asymmetric Information Martín Wasserman.- Chapter 4: A Network Analysis of Credit Transactions at the Cape Colony During the 18th Century Christie Swanepoel.- Chapter 5: An Enslaved Credit Market: Slavery, Deeds, and Litigation in 19th-Century Rio de Janeiro's Financial Landscape Clemente Penna.- Chapter 6: From Peer-to-Peer Credit to Banks: A Study of Credit Networks in Uppsala (1810-1910) Elise M. Dermineur.- Chapter 7: Consumer Credit in Early Modern Venice: The Lending Activity of Innkeepers and Bastioneri Matteo Pompermaier.- Chapter 8: Lender Classifications and Contracts: Categorization in The All-India Surveys (1951-2012) and Evidence From the Account Books of a Moneylender in Rajasthan (1982-2015) J. Howard M. Jones.- Chapter 9 : Sacré Crédit! The Rise and Fall of Ecclesiastical Credit in Early Modern Spain Cyril Milhaud.- Chapter 10: Banking Before Banks in Early Modern Japan: Buddhist Temple Finance Matthew Mitchell.- Chapter 11: Ottoman Guilds as Credit-Providing Institutions From the Late 17th to the Early 19th Century Konstantinos Giakoumis.

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Book SynopsisComparison of economic determinants of household spending in Africa: A case study of Nigeria and Seychelles.- Event-Driven Strategy and the Market Response to North Korea's Armed Provocation: A Time Series Data Analysis of South Korean Defense Stocks.- Discriminatory models of bankruptcy risk of Polish enterprises from an industry perspective.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1: The Early Days of Emerging Market Investing.- Chapter 2: Framing the Analysis Basics: Economic Performance, Policy, Institutions.- Chapter 3: The Importance and Diversity of Financial Market Participants.- Chapter 4: Capital Markets and Private Equity.- Chapter 5: Emerging Markets and the Global Economy/Financial Landscape.- Chapter 6: ESG/Sustainable/New Tech Investment Trends.- Chapter 7: Outlook for Emerging Economies and Financial Markets.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1.ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.- Chapter 2.THE DYNAMICS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AND SOCIAL PRACTICES IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DIGITALISATION.- Chapter 3.TEACHING MACHINE TRANSLATION WITHIN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.- Chapter 4.THE CONCEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OF ENTERPRISES, SUPPLIERS, MANUFACTURERS AND PROCESSORS BASED ON A STAKEHOLDER APPROACH.- Chapter 5.THEORETICAL ASPECTS AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC REGULATORY MEASURES OF THE ESG AGENDA IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF RUSSIA.- Chapter 6.MANAGEMENT TEAM: SOLUTIONS FOR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION.- Chapter 7.ASEAN IS A DRIVER OF RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT, THE MAIN FOUNDATION IN THE FORMATION OF A MULTIPOLAR WORLD AND THE PRESERVATION OF FUTURE GENERATIONS.- Chapter 8.THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS OF THE REGIONS.- Chapter 9.DEVELOPMENT OF TYPES OF TRADE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CONDITIONS OF TRANSFORMATION OF COMPETITIVE RELATIONS.- Chapter 10.ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF FACTORS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DISTANCE SELLING.- etc...

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Book SynopsisPart I: Understanding Impact Investing.- Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 The Concept Impact Investing.- Part II: Financialization and Growth.- Chapter 3 The Interplay of Financialization and Sustainable Growth.- Chapter 4 Rethinking Financialization.- Part III: Impact Investing and Inclusive Finance.- Chapter 5 Current Trends in Impact Investing.- Chapter 6 Financial Inclusion.- Chapter 7 Impact Capital for Inclusive Finance.- Part IV: Looking Ahead.- Chapter 8 Long-Term Sustainability of financial inclusion strategies.- Chapter 9 Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Fixed Income.- Chapter 3. Mathematical Finance.- Chapter 4. Prepayment Model Estimation.- Chapter 5. Stochastic Interest Rate Model.- Chapter 6. Simulation.- Chapter 7. Finite Difference.- Chapter 8. Semi-Analytic MBS Pricing.- Chapter 9. adjustable-rate Mortgages.- Chapter 10. Valuation of a Mortgage Credit Institute’s Loan Book.- Chapter 11. Cash Settled Swaptions.

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