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Taylor & Francis NATO Security and Risk Management From Kosovo to Khandahar Contemporary Security Studies
Book SynopsisThis new volume explores the crisis in transatlantic relations and analyses the role of NATO following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Table of Contents1. NATO, Risk and Security Management: From Kosovo to Khandahar and Beyond 2. Understanding Risk 3. From Security Community to Risk Community: NATO’s Evolution 4. Managing Strategic Risk in the Near Abroad: Kosovo 5. Managing Strategic Risk in Abroad: Afghanistan 6. Risk Managed or Manufactured: Iraq and the Precautionary Principle 7. Transatlantic Insecurity and the Future of NATO
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Risk and Acceptability Mary Douglas Collected Works
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Taylor & Francis Ltd New Perspectives on Risk Communication Uncertainty in a Complex Society
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Transboundary Risk Governance
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dynamic Risk Assessment
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Why Organizational Change Fails Robustness Tenacity and Change in Organizations Routledge Studies in Management Organizations and Society
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tame Messy and Wicked Risk Leadership
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Safety Reliability and Risk Management
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Learning from Accidents
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Blame Machine Why Human Error Causes Accidents
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Managing Noise Vibration At Work A Practical Guide to Assessment Measurement and Control
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Occupational Audiometry
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Tolleys Handbook of Disaster and Emergency Management
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Taylor & Francis Introduction to Fire Safety Management
Book SynopsisAndrew Furness and Martin Muckett give an introduction to all areas of fire safety management, including the legal framework, causes and prevention of fire and explosions, fire protection measures, fire risk assessment, and fire investigation. Fire safety is not treated as an isolated area but linked into an effective health and safety management system.Introduction to Fire Safety Management has been developed for the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management and is also suitable for other NVQ level 3 and 4 fire safety courses. The text is highly illustrated in full colour, easy to read and supported by checklists, report forms and record sheets. This practical approach makes the book a valuable reference for health and safety professionals, fire officers, facility managers, safety reps, managers, supervisors and HR personnel in companies, as well as fire safety engineers, architects, constrTrade Review"a first-class introduction ... the market leader in the principle and practice of fire management ... highly recommended for its coverage, quality of writing, and ease of understanding."- Review in SAFETY & HEALTH PRACTITIONER, July 2008“straightforward, with easy-to-follow arguments and advice ... I have no hesitation in recommending this book to all who have a responsibility for ensuring the safety of others from fire.”- Review in HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK MAGAZINE, August 2008Table of ContentsChapter 1 Fire Safety Foundations; Chapter 2 Safety Policy; Chapter 3 Organising for Safety; Chapter 4 Safety Culture; Chapter 5 Principles of Risk Assessment; Chapter 6 General Principles of Control; Chapter 7 Principles of Fire and Explosion; Chapter 8 Causes and Prevention of Fire; Chapter 9 Fire Protection in Buildings; Chapter 10 Safety of People in the Event of a Fire; Chapter 11 Monitoring, Auditing and Reviewing fire Safety Systems; Chapter 12 Reactive Monitoring – Reporting, Recording and Investigation; Chapter 13 Environmental Impact of Fire; Chapter 14 Fire Risk Assessment; Chapter 15 Summary of Key Legal Requirements;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Palaeomagnetism Principles and Applications in Geology Geophysics and Archaeology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Making Risk Management Work
Book SynopsisMaking risk management work means engaging people to identify, own and manage risk. Many organisations have spent considerable time and money setting up risk frameworks, processes, and supporting tools, but these have failed to deliver value. Instead, they should focus on the people.Bringing together the expertise of Ruth Murray-Webster in the human aspects of risk management and Penny Pullan's deep expertise in facilitation, creative collaboration, and virtual leadership, this book provides tried and tested approaches to make each process step work well within the context of your own organisation and serves as a guide as to how to work effectively with groups. By translating a highly technical and complex subject into an easy-to-follow guide, this book goes beyond tick-box' approaches and provides top tips on how to engage others in developing risk management solutions and how to avoid many of the common pitfalls. This new edition includes two brand new chapters, one taking Trade Review"If you only want to read one book on risk, I thoroughly recommend this text, it is digestible, wise, and offers solid advice to anyone who wants to drive best practice risk thinking into their work, or into their business."Dr Michelle Tilley C.Dir, Director, Hinkley Point C, for EDF Energy"The section on 'Potential Pitfalls and How to Overcome Them' in particular is a masterpiece of concision and common sense."Nick De Voil, Consultant and Author of User Experience FoundationsPraise for the first edition: A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management "Risk meetings don’t have to be boring: A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management is the book that risk managers have been waiting for. It provides practical guidance on facilitating risk workshops, and making risk management happen outside of the workshop setting as well. Dotted throughout with cartoons, the emphasis is on practical guidance for getting things done without suffocating those poor souls who have to attend risk reviews. The book provides a clear introduction to tackling risk (including opportunities) in a fun, professional way, with the aim of gaining consensus. It’s pragmatic and practical, with real-life examples to show how risk management can become ingrained in the day-to-day management of initiatives in your organisation."Elizabeth Harrin, author of Project Management in the Real World Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. What is Risk Management? 3. Why People and Their Perceptions Matter 4. Why Risk Facilitation Matters 5. Facilitating the Risk Management Process 6. Risk Workshops 7. Making Virtual Risk Management Work, Whether Fully Remote or Hybrid 8. Potential Pitfalls and How to Overcome Them 9. Ten Golden Guidelines for the Risk Facilitator
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
Book SynopsisIntroduction to Nuclear Engineering serves as an accompanying study guide for a complete, introductory single-semester course in nuclear engineering. It is structured for general class use, alongside fundamental nuclear physics and engineering textbooks, and it is equally suited for individual self-study.The book begins with basic modern physics with atomic and nuclear models. It goes on to cover nuclear energetics, radioactivity and decays, and binary nuclear reactions and basic fusion. Exploring basic radiation interactions with matter, the book finishes by discussing nuclear reactor physics, nuclear fuel cycles, and radiation doses and hazard assessment. Each chapter highlights basic concepts, examples, problems with answers, and a final assessment.The book is intended for first-year undergraduate and graduate engineering students taking Nuclear Engineering and Nuclear Energy courses.Table of Contents1. Basic Units and the Atom. 2. Basic Modern Physics. 3. Atomic and Nuclear Models including Chart of Nuclides. 4. Nuclear Energetics I—Binding Energy and Separation Energy. 5. Nuclear Energetics II—Nuclear Reactions and Q-values. 6. Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay. 7. Binary Nuclear Reactions. 8. Radiation Interactions with Matter. 9. Neutrol Chain Reactions and Basic Nuclear Reactor Physics. 10. Nuclear Reactors, Power, and Fuel Cycles. 11. Radiation Doses and Hazards. Appendix I. Appendix II.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Safety Management Systems in Aviation
Book SynopsisSafety Management Systems in Aviation presents the quality management underpinnings of SMS. The four components that must be designed into proactive safety are: Safety Policy, Safety Risk Management, Safety Assurance, and Safety Promotion.Including coverage on the cultures of regulatory organizations and expanded coverage on culture assessment, the book considers the nexus between cultural maturity and safety management performance. This third edition features new coverage of international requirements and implications for harmonization across international boundaries. In addition, the book includes new chapters and sections, examples, a hypothetical airline-oriented safety scenario, and case studies to enhance and reinforce student understanding.The book is intended for undergraduate and graduate aviation students taking Safety Management and Aviation Safety courses. It also functions as a valuable reference tool for SMS practitioners.Table of ContentsPrologue – Quest Airlines Chapter 1 Introduction to SMS Chapter 2 History and Evolution of Safety Chapter 3 Safety CultureChapter 4 Principles of Quality Management Chapter 5 Accident Investigation and SMS Chapter 6 Hazards Chapter 7 Risks Chapter 8 Controls Chapter 9 Taxonomies Chapter 10 Process-Based Safety Risk Management / Safety Assurance Chapter 11 Managing the SMS Chapter 12 Tools and Analysis Methods Chapter 13 SMS Effectiveness Chapter 14 Concluding Thoughts on the Future of SMSEpilogue – Quest Airlines
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Safety Management Systems and their Origins
Book SynopsisSafety Management Systems and their Origins: Insights from the Aviation Industry presents different perspectives on SMS to better decode what it means as a safety approach and what it implicitly conveys beyond safety.The book uses the aviation industry as a basis for analyzing where the SMS stands in terms of safety enhancement. Through a socio-historical analysis of how SMSs emerged and spread across high-risk industries and countries, the book also explains the other stakes underpinning this new approach to safety management.Features: Explores SMS as it is implemented in aviation based on examples from several countries and regions, namely the UK, USA, and Australia. Presents a socio-historical analysis of how SMSs emerged in high-risk industries. Provides insights to explain the existing limitations of SMS. Proposes new avenues to reach beyond the limitations of SMS. Discusses the COVID-19Table of Contents1. Introduction. 2. A Composite Methodology. 3. Safety Actors’ Version: The SMS as the New Safety Frontier. 4. What Does the SMS Actually Do and Is It Up to Its Safety Promises?. 5. Why Did the SMS Emerge and Spread?. 6. Beyond the SMS: Towards More Contextualized Perspectives on Safety. 7. Conclusion. Epilogue. The Covid-19 Pandemic: An Amplifier Case Study. Appendix. Description of the Main Aviation Stakeholders.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Insider Risk and Personnel Security
Book SynopsisThis textbook analyses the origins and effects of insider risk, using multiple real-life case histories to illustrate the principles, and explains how to protect organisations against the risk.Some of the most problematic risks confronting businesses and organisations of all types stem from the actions of insiders individuals who betray trust by behaving in potentially harmful ways. Insiders cause material damage to their employers and society, and psychological harm to the colleagues and friends they betray. Even so, many organisations do not have a systematic understanding of the nature and origins of insider risk, and relatively few have a coherent and effective system of protective security measures to defend themselves against that risk. This book describes the environmental and psychological factors that predispose some individuals to become harmful insiders, and the most common pathways by which this happens. It considers how aspects of insider risk have been altTrade Review'Insider risk has become a big issue, particularly as we depend so much on digital networks. Paul Martin's clear, comprehensive and thoughtful book leads us through the subject with telling, real-world examples.'Jonathan Evans, former Director General of MI5'Few people understand the world of Insider Risk as well as Paul Martin. This deceptively simple book is rooted in serious professional expertise and his own academic study of behaviour and risk. It clearly explains the problem, and suggests effective approaches. There are home truths about lack of investment in personnel security at the expense of other types of risk, and, because this is about human behaviour, it encourages better understanding of what motivates people to become insiders. Each chapter ends with discussion points which enable deeper reflection and would be useful for any organisation to consider.'Suzanne Raine, Visiting Professor, King’s College London, UK'The book cleverly uses case studies as a way of reinforcing important points. The content is fully up to date and incorporates the most recent developments in this field. It challenges perception on insider motivations and the impact of different factors, and I found that some of its content has challenged my own thoughts on the matter. There are interesting insights into the psychology and personality traits behind insiders, and the author importantly provides potential solutions to the problem, as well as highlighting what the problem is itself. Trust and its relationship to Insider Risk makes interesting reading within the book. In Part 2, the author looks at potential solutions or mitigation responses to insider risk and the importance of adopting a systems approach. He also locates personnel security within a wider integrated approach to security, incorporating physical and cyber security. I particularly like the proactive approach he adopts when discussing how to address insider risk - 'Prevention is better than cure', rather than waiting for some form of insider activity to occur before responding to it. Importantly for Insider Risk practitioners, there is also a detailed chapter regarding detection and mitigation methods which can be applied, and models and metrics which can be used to assess insider risk. I found the book highly informative and extremely well researched. I would describe the author as a 'Simplifier', not a 'Complicator', as he has written the book in an easy to read and uncomplicated style, that makes it equally relevant for someone just coming into the field of Personnel Security and Insider Risk, as much as for the expert who has spent years working in this field of work.'David BaMaung, Chair Special Interest Group Insider Risk, The Security Institute'Insider Risk and Personnel Security by Paul Martin is excellent. It provides rigor and insights about the complexities involved in human nature, and will be useful as an antidote to war-story telling individuals who suggest that risk-related behavior and motivations fit neatly into well-bounded management tactics.'Eric L. Lang, psychological, scientist and insider threat expert'Paul Martin dives deep into ‘insider risk’, an often neglected area of security risk management, despite its prevalence as a critical key factor in many a case of espionage, cyber attack, fraud or thefts. At a time of rapid and unsettling changing, with war in Europe, ramping-up of geopolitical tensions, ever more sophisticated criminal acts and daily news of cyber attacks, I am sure we’ll keep seeing creative attempts to exploit human vulnerabilities at the heart of our organisations, systems and networks. [He/the author/Paul] neatly takes us on an ‘insiders’ journey, explaining who those people are (not just employees!), their behavioural traits and work/life contexts, what makes them tick, concepts of trust and betrayal, effective security responses, and everything you might trip over on the way. If ever there was a book that illustrates that security is a truly human challenge that needs more than technical solutions, this is it. The author brings a unique mix of academic rigour and practitioner realism to his writing, which is direct, clear and illustrated with frequent case studies. This book is an excellent source of insight and an easy, enjoyable read for leaders, practitioners, students and researchers alike. As a non-executive director on several boards, I recommend it to executive and non-executive Board colleagues. We need '‘insider risk'’ up there with cyber-risks in that reddest corner of the risk matrix!'Fiona Strens, Professor of Practice, Security & Resilience, University of Strathclyde, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE – UNDERSTANDING INSIDER RISK 1. What is insider risk? 2. Why does it matter? 3. Who are the insiders? 4. Why do they do it? 5. Trust, deception, and betrayal PART TWO – PERSONNEL SECURITY 6. Personnel security principles 7. Pre-trust measures 8. In-trust measures 9. Foundations 10. Models and metrics 11. Barriers to success
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Predictive Safety Analytics
Book SynopsisNearly all our safety data collection and reporting systems are backwardlooking: incident reports; dashboards; compliance monitoring systems; and so on. This book shows how we can use safety data in a forward-looking, predictive sense.Predictive Safety Analytics: Reducing Risk through Modeling and Machine Learning contains real use cases where organizations have reduced incidents by employing predictive analytics to foresee and mitigate future risks. It discusses how Predictive Safety Analytics is an opportunity to break through the plateau problem where safety rate improvements have stagnated in many organizations. The book presents how the use of data, coupled with advanced analytical techniques, including machine learning, has become a proven and successful innovation. Emphasis is placed on how the book can meet you where you are by illuminating a path to get there, starting with simple data the organization likely already has. Highlights of the book are the real Table of Contents1. Safety in Numbers: A Data-Driven Approach. 2. Analytics Defined. 3. The Safety Data Repository. 4. Use Cases. 5. Where to Go from Here.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Risk Management for Water Professionals
Book SynopsisThis book presents a comprehensive view of the different theories of risk management in water, drawing on recent studies that serve to inform the way that practitioners consider their own risk practice.While it is commonplace to see risk described in technical and engineering terms when discussing water, this book argues that this is a flawed practice that results in poor decision-making, particularly where water intersects with social elements and the community. Challenging these traditionally held notions of risk, this book introduces the psychological and sociological underpinnings to water risk decisions. Using these, it argues for a broader view of risk-based thinking and proposes a number of evidence-based actions for policymakers to directly implement. Drawing on primary research conducted with water professionals across a variety of roles, this book highlights how the effect of psychological inputs, such as dread and reputation, can create barriers to implementing nov
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Taylor & Francis Risk Science
Risk science is becoming increasingly important as businesses, policymakers and public sector leaders are tasked with decision-making and investment using varying levels of knowledge and information. Risk Science: An Introduction explores the theory and practice of risk science, providing concepts and tools for understanding and acting under conditions of uncertainty.The chapters in this book cover the fundamental concepts, principles, approaches, methods and models for how to understand, assess, communicate, manage and govern risk. These topics are presented and examined in a way which details how they relate, for example, how to characterize and communicate risk with particular emphasis on reflecting uncertainties; how to distinguish risk perception and professional risk judgments; how to assess risk and guide decision-makers, especially for cases involving large uncertainties and value differences; and how to integrate risk assessment with resilience-based strateg
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Companion to Risk Crisis and
Book SynopsisAware that a single crisis event can devastate their business, managers must be prepared for the worst from an expansive array of threats. The Routledge Companion to Risk, Crisis and Security in Business comprises a professional and scholarly collection of work in this critical field. Risks come in many varieties, and there is a growing concern for organizations to respond to the challenge. Businesses can be severely impacted by natural and man-made disasters including: floods, earthquakes, tsunami, environmental threats, terrorism, supply chain risks, pandemics, and white-collar crime. An organization's resilience is dependent not only on their own system security and infrastructure, but also on the wider infrastructure providing health and safety, utilities, transportation, and communication.Developments in risk security and management knowledge offer a path towards resilience and recovery through effective leadership in crisis situations. The growingTrade Review'The Editor, Professor Kurt Engemann, along with the effort of contributing authors, has created an important resource for scientists, practitioners and students by producing The Routledge Companion to Risk, Crisis and Security in Business. This quality book provides a thorough exploration of numerous significant issues and methods, not commonly covered in textbooks in this vital field.' - Terje Aven, PhD, Professor of Risk Analysis and Risk Management, University of Stavanger, Norway.'This book is a comprehensive and authoritative source of the state-of-the-art in risk, crisis and security, from both a conceptual and a practical perspective. It is a must-read for business leaders, policy analysts, technicians and academics who seek innovative approaches and solutions for this exponentially growing complex field.' - Giampiero E.G. Beroggi, PhD, Professor and Director Center for Business Innovation, University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich, Switzerland.Table of ContentsPART I, Developing, Implementing and Maintaining Risk Strategies1. Developments in risk security, Kurt J. Engemann, 2. The evolution of risk management thinking in organizations, Phil Kelly, 3. Intuition and decision making for crisis situations, Holmes E. Miller, 4. Business continuity management organizations: the models of implementation, Wei Ning Zechariah Wong and Jianping Shi, 5. Knowledge in high reliability organizations: a review of interrelated perspectives, Krista N. EngemannPART II, Natural and Man-Made Disasters6. A retrospective account of the impacts of the 1960 Valdivia, Chile, earthquake and tsunami and the lack of business continuity planning, Benigno E. Aguirre, 7. What lurks beneath: deep supply chain risks, Yossi Sheffi, 8. Crisis leadership: a leader’s new normal, Robert J. Darling and Stephen Young, 9. Internal investigations of white-collar crime, Petter Gottschalk, 10. Collapse or recovery after white-collar crime, Petter Gottschalk, PART III, Infrastructure Risks11. Business resiliency considerations in the site selection and construction of a new facility, Natalie M. Dengler, 12. Megacities at risk, Cesar Marolla, 13. Self organization and its role in building disaster resilience, Nirmita Mehrotra, 14. Risk-management in the bioeconomy, Jutta Geldermann, 15. SMEs defending their businesses from flood risk: contributing to the theoretical discourse on resilience, Bingurath Ingirige and Gayan WedawattaPART IV, Systems Security for Business Resiliency16. Security awareness in the software arena, Rory V. O’Connor and Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, 17. Information security in an ever-changing threat landscape, Matthew Lagana, 18. Business continuity and e-business: towards an "always-on" e-business, Nijaz Bajgoric, 19. Using location k-anonymity models for protecting location privacy, Eric Di Carlo, Heechang Shin and Haibing LuPART V, Risk in Business Sectors20. Accounting information systems: opportunity and risk, Shoshana Altschuller and Shaya (Isaiah) Altschuller, 21. Transcending beyond finance for managing foreign exchange risk, George A. Zsidisin and Barbara Gaudenzi, 22. Financial risk inherent in oil fracking, Roy Nersesian, 23. Cause-related marketing and disaster management: opportunities from tourism-related initiatives, Giuseppe Aliperti, Francesco Rizzi and Marco Frey, 24. Shared sorrow is half a sorrow: the role of social capital in building resilient supply chains, Mitchell J. van den Adel, Dirk Pieter van Donk and Kirstin Scholten, 25. Risk management and auditing of technology incubators/science parks: innovation enabler to drive capacity of tech ventures, Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat and Mark BillingtonPART VI, Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Modeling26. What’s in a name? Kate Boothroyd, 27. Leading through uncertainty, Cesar Marolla, 28. Safety and economic activity, Eirik B. Abrahamsen, Frank Asche and Roy E. Dahl, 29. The role of decision-making support systems in risk management, Manuel Mora, Gloria Phillips-Wren and Fen Wang, 30. Intelligent rule-based risk modeling for decision making, Ronald R. Yager
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Taylor & Francis Inc Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure Safety
Book SynopsisOne of the seventeen critical infrastructures vital to the security of the United States, the water supply system remains largely unprotected from the threat of terrorism, including possible revenge by Al Qaeda over the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Recognizing and identifying prospective events of terrorism against the water infrastructure is critical to the protection of the nation, as the consequences triggered by a terrorist attack on the water supply would be devastating. Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure: Safety and Security provides a unique quantitative risk assessment methodology for protection and security against terrorist contamination, vandalism, attacks against dams, and other threats to water supply systems.Focusing on the human safety, environmental, and economic consequences triggered by potential terrorist attacks and other threats, the book presents: The development of an integrated approach of risk assessment baseTable of ContentsIntroduction. Acts of Terrorism and the Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Weapons Used against Water Infrastructure. Explosives Used Against Water Infrastructure. Water Infrastructure. Regulatory Policies for the Protection of Water Infrastructure. Introduction to Risk and Vulnerability Assessment. Standard Risk and Vulnerability Assessment. Quantitative Risk Estimation Model. Cumulative Prospect Theory and Risk Acceptability. Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Preventive Measures. Strategic Intelligence Analysis for Water Infrastructure Terrorism Prevention. Index.
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Cambridge University Press Mechanism Design A Linear Programming Approach Econometric Society Monographs
Book SynopsisMechanism design is an analytical framework for thinking clearly and carefully about what exactly a given institution can achieve when the information necessary to make decisions is dispersed and privately held. This analysis provides an account of the underlying mathematics of mechanism design based on linear programming. Three advantages characterize the approach. The first is simplicity: arguments based on linear programming are both elementary and transparent. The second is unity: the machinery of linear programming provides a way to unify results from disparate areas of mechanism design. The third is reach: the technique offers the ability to solve problems that appear to be beyond solutions offered by traditional methods. No claim is made that the approach advocated should supplant traditional mathematical machinery. Rather, the approach represents an addition to the tools of the economic theorist who proposes to understand economic phenomena through the lens of mechanism design.Trade Review'The new book by Vohra is an excellent and most timely introduction into mechanism design. It offers a concise introduction to the theory of mechanism design, currently missing in the literature; it uses linear programming to great benefit to analyze the structure of incentives; and it provides a comprehensive account of the seminal results in auction and mechanism design. A splendid treatment for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in economic theory!' Dirk Bergemann, Yale University'Rakesh Vohra's exposition of the theory of mechanism design is wonderfully transparent and elegant. This short book equips the reader with a remarkably deep and comprehensive understanding of this important subject.' Tilman Borgers, University of Michigan'Vohra convincingly demonstrates that linear programming can give a powerful and unified perspective on mechanism design, clarifying the ideas and methods underlying existing results, and leading in many cases to greater generality or new findings. Graduate students, researchers in other areas, and experienced mechanism designers will all benefit from this book, which will influence mechanism design research for years to come.' Andrew McLennan, University of Queensland'Professor Vohra's rigorous text is unique in showing how numerous central results in mechanism design can be unified using the methodology of linear programming. His treatment is elegant and original, and it touches the most recent research frontiers.' Benny Moldovanu, University of Bonn'Rakesh Vohra takes the reader from the basics of social choice theory and network flow problems to a deep understanding of optimal incentive systems for complex resource-allocation problems, using the mathematics of linear programming elegantly throughout the book.' Roger Myerson, University of Chicago and 2007 Nobel Laureate'By situating the fundamental questions of social choice, incentive compatibility, and auction design within the theory of linear programming, Vohra is able to address the modern themes of mechanism design in a cohesive manner. The result is inspiring, enjoyable, and extremely compelling.' David Parkes, Harvard University'This beautiful book provides an insightful and useful treatment of the fundamental theorems of social choice and mechanism design from the unifying and powerful perspective of linear programming. A terrific read covering a broad range of topics including a serious and rare treatment of multidimensional mechanism design.' Phillip J. Reny, University of Chicago'The book does not assume any prior knowledge of mechanism design, but requires some familiarity with game theory, linear programming and convex analysis. As such, it is well suited to students and graduates of economic courses, but also to researchers and experienced mechanism designers.' Vangelis Grigoroudis, Zentralblatt MATHTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Arrow's theorem and its consequences; 3. Network flow problem; 4. Incentive compatibility; 5. Efficiency; 6. Revenue maximization; 7. Rationalizability.
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Cambridge University Press Risk Management for Central Banks and Other Public Investors
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Cambridge University Press Extreme Events
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Computational Stochastic PDEs 50 Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics Series Number 50
Book SynopsisThis book gives a comprehensive introduction to numerical methods and analysis of stochastic processes, random fields and stochastic differential equations, and offers graduate students and researchers powerful tools for understanding uncertainty quantification for risk analysis. Coverage includes traditional stochastic ODEs with white noise forcing, strong and weak approximation, and the multi-level Monte Carlo method. Later chapters apply the theory of random fields to the numerical solution of elliptic PDEs with correlated random data, discuss the Monte Carlo method, and introduce stochastic Galerkin finite-element methods. Finally, stochastic parabolic PDEs are developed. Assuming little previous exposure to probability and statistics, theory is developed in tandem with state-of-the-art computational methods through worked examples, exercises, theorems and proofs. The set of MATLAB codes included (and downloadable) allows readers to perform computations themselves and solve the teTrade Review'This book gives both accessible and extensive coverage on stochastic partial differential equations and their numerical solutions. It offers a well-elaborated background needed for solving numerically stochastic PDEs, both parabolic and elliptic. For the numerical solutions it presents not only proofs of convergence results of different numerical methods but also actual implementations, here in Matlab, with technical details included … With numerical implementations hard to find elsewhere in the literature, and a nice presentation of new research findings together with rich references, the book is a welcome companion for anyone working on numerical solutions of stochastic PDEs, and may also be suitable for use in a course on computational stochastic PDEs.' Roger Pettersson, Mathematical ReviewsTable of ContentsPart I. Deterministic Differential Equations: 1. Linear analysis; 2. Galerkin approximation and finite elements; 3. Time-dependent differential equations; Part II. Stochastic Processes and Random Fields: 4. Probability theory; 5. Stochastic processes; 6. Stationary Gaussian processes; 7. Random fields; Part III. Stochastic Differential Equations: 8. Stochastic ordinary differential equations (SODEs); 9. Elliptic PDEs with random data; 10. Semilinear stochastic PDEs.
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Cambridge University Press Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing
Book SynopsisThe substantially expanded 2003 second edition of this ground-breaking book summarizes theoretical developments in statistical tools to measure financial markets. A classic reference for graduate students and researchers working in econophysics, and professionals in the analytical markets.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: '… provides a very useful stepping stone to understand the limitations of the Black-Scholes world to that of a more generalized theory of financial markets … Bouchard and Potters will then provide the reader with an insight and generalization that they may otherwise miss with direct application of more 'traditional' theory to the financial markets. To the experienced reader of financial theory, the book provides a useful reminder of the limitations of traditional theories and a number of useful tools that can be used in the more generalized world of financial risk.' David A. Scott C. Math. FIMA, Mathematics Today'This book does not try to be a comprehensive text on theoretical finance, but instead picks out classical problems in finance that are overlooked by the generalizations introduced by beautiful, ideal models such as the Black and Scholes model and discusses tools, concepts and paradigms of statistical finance that can contribute to the resolution of such problems … However, given the themes treated by the book and the expertise and knowledge of the authors, Theory of Financial Risks should certainly find a place on the bookshelves of professionals in risk management who are interested in new quantitative methods of risk minimization.' Rosario Mantegna, Institute of Physics'The book is well written and self-contained … It is recommended to anyone interested in a new and fresh approach to the dynamics of financial markets.' Journal of Statistical Physics'The authors dutifully thread the relations between different financial securities and statistical estimation, rewarding the reader with an understanding that could never be obtained from a purely statistical text … the feeling one is left with after putting the book down is one of time well spent.' Risk'Coming to the data with fewer preconceptions than those with professional training in finance, and applying sophisticated tools, the authors offer fresh and valuable insights into financial markets.' Mathematical Reviews'This is a terrific book. Some extremely exciting new ideas, questions, and techniques are coming from physics, and many were pioneered by the authors. This book will teach both academics and practitioners a new way of doing finance.' Xavier Gabaix, MIT'An outstanding and original presentation of quantitative finance from a physics perspective.' Nassin Nicholas Taleb, Empirica LLC, author of Fooled by Randomness'It is rare to read a quantitative finance book that has anything new to say. It is even rarer to find such a book written by those who know what they are talking about. Bouchaud and Potters are two of the most innovative, imaginative and experienced researches in finance. In this second edition of their ground-breaking work, they go even further into their field of econo-physics, a field that is changing the way we view the financial markets. Each page is packed with more ideas than most people put into an entire book. An inspirational book to be studied carefully and savoured.' Paul WilmottTable of ContentsForeword; Preface; 1. Probability theory: basic notions; 2. Maximum and addition of random variables; 3. Continuous time limit, Ito calculus and path integrals; 4. Analysis of empirical data; 5. Financial products and financial markets; 6. Statistics of real prices: basic results; 7. Non-linear correlations and volatility fluctuations; 8. Skewness and price-volatility correlations; 9. Cross-correlations; 10. Risk measures; 11. Extreme correlations and variety; 12. Optimal portfolios; 13. Futures and options: fundamental concepts; 14. Options: hedging and residual risk; 15. Options: the role of drift and correlations; 16. Options: the Black and Scholes model; 17. Options: some more specific problems; 18. Options: minimum variance Monte-Carlo; 19. The yield curve; 20. Simple mechanisms for anomalous price statistics; Index of most important symbols; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Quantitative Risk Assessment The Scientific Platform
Book SynopsisQuantitative risk assessments cannot eliminate risk, nor can they resolve trade-offs. They can, however, guide principled risk management and reduction - if the quality of assessment is high and decision makers understand how to use it. This book builds a unifying scientific framework for discussing and evaluating the quality of risk assessments and whether they are fit for purpose. Uncertainty is a central topic. In practice, uncertainties about inputs are rarely reflected in assessments, with the result that many safety measures are considered unjustified. Other topics include the meaning of a probability, the use of probability models, the use of Bayesian ideas and techniques, and the use of risk assessment in a practical decision-making context. Written for professionals, as well as graduate students and researchers, the book assumes basic probability, statistics and risk assessment methods. Examples make concepts concrete, and three extended case studies show the scientific framewTrade Review'… a timely topic, and a very interesting book … It is very detailed and academically rigorous …' Charles K. Davis, Reviews.com'The book provides a scientific framework apt to evaluate the quality of risk assessments and in particular their flexibility to specifically required purposes … The book gives useful tools for graduate students and researchers as well for professionals.' Zentralblatt MATHTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction to risk management and risk assessments. Challenges; 2. Concepts and perspectives on risk; 3. Science and scientific requirements; 4. Introduction to case studies; 5. Risk assessment when the objective is accurate risk estimation; 6. Risk assessment when the objective is uncertainty descriptions; 7. Risk management and communication issues; 8. Towards a holistic approach to risk assessments; 9. Conclusions; Appendix A. Introduction to probability theory and statistical analysis; Appendix B. Terminology; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Theory of Financial Risk and Derivative Pricing From Statistical Physics to Risk Management
Book SynopsisRisk control and derivative pricing have become of major concern to financial institutions, and there is a real need for adequate statistical tools to measure and anticipate the amplitude of the potential moves of the financial markets. Summarising theoretical developments in the field, this 2003 second edition has been substantially expanded. Additional chapters now cover stochastic processes, Monte-Carlo methods, Black-Scholes theory, the theory of the yield curve, and Minority Game. There are discussions on aspects of data analysis, financial products, non-linear correlations, and herding, feedback and agent based models. This book has become a classic reference for graduate students and researchers working in econophysics and mathematical finance, and for quantitative analysts working on risk management, derivative pricing and quantitative trading strategies.Trade ReviewFrom reviews of the first edition: '… provides a very useful stepping stone to understand the limitations of the Black-Scholes world to that of a more generalized theory of financial markets … Bouchard and Potters will then provide the reader with an insight and generalization that they may otherwise miss with direct application of more 'traditional' theory to the financial markets. To the experienced reader of financial theory, the book provides a useful reminder of the limitations of traditional theories and a number of useful tools that can be used in the more generalized world of financial risk.' David A. Scott C. Math. FIMA, Mathematics Today'This book does not try to be a comprehensive text on theoretical finance, but instead picks out classical problems in finance that are overlooked by the generalizations introduced by beautiful, ideal models such as the Black and Scholes model and discusses tools, concepts and paradigms of statistical finance that can contribute to the resolution of such problems … However, given the themes treated by the book and the expertise and knowledge of the authors, Theory of Financial Risks should certainly find a place on the bookshelves of professionals in risk management who are interested in new quantitative methods of risk minimization.' Rosario Mantegna, Institute of Physics'The book is well written and self-contained … It is recommended to anyone interested in a new and fresh approach to the dynamics of financial markets.' Journal of Statistical Physics'The authors dutifully thread the relations between different financial securities and statistical estimation, rewarding the reader with an understanding that could never be obtained from a purely statistical text … the feeling one is left with after putting the book down is one of time well spent.' Risk'Coming to the data with fewer preconceptions than those with professional training in finance, and applying sophisticated tools, the authors offer fresh and valuable insights into financial markets.' Mathematical Reviews'This is a terrific book. Some extremely exciting new ideas, questions, and techniques are coming from physics, and many were pioneered by the authors. This book will teach both academics and practitioners a new way of doing finance.' Xavier Gabaix, MIT'An outstanding and original presentation of quantitative finance from a physics perspective.' Nassin Nicholas Taleb, Empirica LLC, author of Fooled by Randomness'It is rare to read a quantitative finance book that has anything new to say. It is even rarer to find such a book written by those who know what they are talking about. Bouchaud and Potters are two of the most innovative, imaginative and experienced researches in finance. In this second edition of their ground-breaking work, they go even further into their field of econo-physics, a field that is changing the way we view the financial markets. Each page is packed with more ideas than most people put into an entire book. An inspirational book to be studied carefully and savoured.' Paul WilmottTable of ContentsForeword; Preface; 1. Probability theory: basic notions; 2. Maximum and addition of random variables; 3. Continuous time limit, Ito calculus and path integrals; 4. Analysis of empirical data; 5. Financial products and financial markets; 6. Statistics of real prices: basic results; 7. Non-linear correlations and volatility fluctuations; 8. Skewness and price-volatility correlations; 9. Cross-correlations; 10. Risk measures; 11. Extreme correlations and variety; 12. Optimal portfolios; 13. Futures and options: fundamental concepts; 14. Options: hedging and residual risk; 15. Options: the role of drift and correlations; 16. Options: the Black and Scholes model; 17. Options: some more specific problems; 18. Options: minimum variance Monte-Carlo; 19. The yield curve; 20. Simple mechanisms for anomalous price statistics; Index of most important symbols; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Advances in Credit Risk Modelling and Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction Quantitative Methods for Applied Economics and Business Research
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Cambridge University Press A Course in Stochastic Game Theory
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Cambridge University Press Mass Gathering Medicine
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Cambridge University Press Risk Revealed
Book SynopsisExplore the understanding and statistical modeling of risk with this accessible book that requires only a basic background in mathematics. The authors discuss several major disasters, before introducing the mathematical tools required to analyze them. Even the more technical discussions are interspersed with historical comments and many examples.
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Cambridge University Press Recurrence Interval Analysis of Financial Time Series
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Cambridge University Press Risks in Renaissance Art
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Cambridge University Press Recurrence Interval Analysis of Financial Time Series
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Cambridge University Press Bad Public Policy
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Cambridge University Press Financial Enterprise Risk Management
Book SynopsisAn accessible guide to enterprise risk management for financial institutions, containing all the tools needed to build and maintain an ERM framework. This new expanded edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect new legislation and the creation of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority.Trade ReviewReview of previous edition: 'Provides all the tools required to build and maintain a comprehensive ERM framework, covering a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques and their uses in identifying, assessing, modelling and measuring risk.' Actuary Magazine'In total, this book provides not only a very comprehensive and accessible introduction to financial enterprise risk management, but also covers advanced topics such as Bayesian networks and current regulatory developments such as Basel III. It clearly demonstrates the importance of risk management for financial institutions and outlines detailed steps and procedures that can be taken to obtain a firm understanding of risk. The book discusses the specific advantages and limitations of current risk management tools and frameworks and provides rich guidance on how to implement ERM on a comprehensive level.' Matthias M. M. Buehlmaier, zbMATHTable of Contents1. An introduction to enterprise risk management; 2. Types of financial institution; 3. Stakeholders; 4. The internal environment; 5. The external environment; 6. Process overview; 7. Definitions of risk; 8. Risk identification; 9. Some useful statistics; 10. Statistical distributions; 11. Modelling techniques; 12. Extreme value theory; 13. Modelling time series; 14. Quantifying particular risks; 15. Risk assessment; 16. Responses to risk; 17. Continuous considerations; 18. Economic capital; 19. Risk frameworks; 20. Case studies; 21. Solutions to questions; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Science and Risk Regulation in International Law
Book SynopsisJacqueline Peel examines the role of science in international risk regulation in areas from climate change to food safety. It will appeal to international legal practitioners wanting to understand law's part in managing global risks and risk-assessment professionals interested in improving the use of science in international legal processes.Trade Review'… [proposes] developments of the law in ways which have a clear practical import.' Christopher A. Thomas, International and Comparative Law QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction - science and risk regulation in international law; 2. Global risk governance and its legitimacy; 3. Scientific rationality and risk in international law; 4. Competing risk regulatory paradigms: sound science and the precautionary principle; 5. Science and WTO regulation of SPS risk; 6. Case studies of science and risk regulation in international law; 7. Democratising global risk governance; 8. What role for science in international risk regulation?
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Cambridge University Press Reconstructing Macroeconomics A Perspective from Statistical Physics and Combinatorial Stochastic Processes JapanUS Center UFJ Bank Monographs on International Financial Markets
Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors treat macroeconomic models as composed of large numbers of micro-units or agents of several types and explicitly discuss stochastic dynamic and combinatorial aspects of interactions among them. In mainstream macroeconomics sound microfoundations for macroeconomics have meant incorporating sophisticated intertemporal optimization by representative agents into models. Optimal growth theory, once meant to be normative, is now taught as a descriptive theory in mainstream macroeconomic courses. In neoclassical equilibria flexible prices led the economy to the state of full employment and marginal productivities are all equated. Professors Aoki and Yoshikawa contrariwise show that such equilibria are not possible in economies with a large number of agents of heterogeneous types. They employ a set of statistical dynamical tools via continuous-time Markov chains and statistical distributions of fractions of agents by types available in the new literature of combinatorTrade ReviewReviews of the hardback: 'Thoughtful macroeconomists are uncomfortably aware that consumers, firms, and workers vary widely in their local environments, perceptions, and beliefs. Ignoring this heterogeneity, as 'modern macro' does, is a likely source of systematic error. Aoki and Yoshikawa propose to repair this failure by modeling the macroeconomy explicitly as a cloud of interacting particles. The goal is to deduce the distributions of economic characteristics that describe the system as a whole. There are already some surprising beginning results, including a novel treatment of aggregate demand, and one can expect more when their approach is combined with standard economic reasoning. This is the start, not the finish, of a potentially far-reaching research program. It should excite the curiosity of all those thoughtful macroeconomists.' Robert M. Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology'This book is a bold and daring challenge to the growing influence of neoclassical equilibrium theory in the field of modern macroeconomics. Not simply an approach to traditional Keynesian theory that attempts to refine it and make it more accurate, the treatment makes use of a new methodology in statistical physics and combinatorial stochastic processes to mount a direct challenge to real business cycle theory and rational expectations theory. Professor Aoki has made important contributions to the application of statistical physics to economics, and Professor Yoshikawa is a leading Japanese economist who has done outstanding work in the fields of both theoretical and empirical economics. This book is the superb product of the optimum combination of these two scholars' different talents.' Ryuzo Sato, New York University and University of Tokyo'Masanao Aoki and Hiroshi Yoshikawa have written no less than the foundation of a new approach (and I believe the right one) to the core problem of macroeconomics, which is to aggregate behaviors by stressing the importance of the heterogeneity and variability of real economic agents. Getting inspiration from and adapting the concepts and tools of statistical physics, they masterfully derive important and novel insights on the most crucial problems of the field: the principle of effective demand, role of uncertainty, sticky prices/wages, and the endogenous business cycle. This book is perhaps the first successful effort to develop macroeconomics as a real science on par with physics, with falsifiable hypotheses underpinned by sound micro-principles and testable predictions.' Didier Sornette, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich'This book shows the impossibility of efficient equilibria in economics with market clearing mainstream hypotheses when such an economy is populated by a large number of heterogenous agents. In such a case, Aoki and Yoshikawa show that, through combined stochastic processes, a new approach to macroeconomics is not only possible: it is real and this book shows how to reach it.' Mauro Gallegati, Università Politechnia delle Marche'Reconstructing Macroeconomics is an ambitious, informative, challenging … book that addresses fundamental questions of economic theory on many levels. In my view mainstream macroeconomists can only benefit by becoming familiar with the point of view Aoki and Yoshikawa represent so ably here … Those who aspire to create a new macroeconomics, including the various schools of 'heterodox' economics, can also learn a lot from this book.' Journal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationTable of ContentsPreface 1 Masanao Aoki; Preface 2 Hiroshi Yoshikawa; 1. Introduction - a new approach to macroeconomics; 2. The methods - jump Markov processes and random partitions; 3. Equilibrium as distribution - the role of demand in macroeconomics; 4. Uncertainty trap - policy ineffectiveness and long stagnation of the macroeconomy; 5. Slow dynamics of the macro system - no mystery of inflexible prices; 6. Business cycles - an endogenous stochastic approach; 7. Labor market dynamics - a new look at natural unemployment and Okun's law; 8. Demand saturation - creation and economic growth; 9. The types of investors and volatility in financial markets - analyzing clusters of heterogeneous agents; 10. Stock prices and the real macroeconomy - power-law versus exponential distributions.
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Cambridge University Press Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis
Book SynopsisSeismic hazard and risk analyses underpin the loadings prescribed by engineering design codes, the decisions by asset owners to retrofit structures, the pricing of insurance policies, and many other activities. This is a comprehensive overview of the principles and procedures behind seismic hazard and risk analysis. It enables readers to understand best practises and future research directions. Early chapters cover the essential elements and concepts of seismic hazard and risk analysis, while later chapters shift focus to more advanced topics. Each chapter includes worked examples and problem sets for which full solutions are provided online. Appendices provide relevant background in probability and statistics. Computer codes are also available online to help replicate specific calculations and demonstrate the implementation of various methods. This is a valuable reference for upper level students and practitioners in civil engineering, and earth scientists interested in engineering seTrade Review'An enormously valuable contribution, which teachers and students of seismic hazard analysis have been crying out for. Baker, Bradley and Stafford have produced a clear and comprehensive textbook for students, practitioners and end-users that I predict will lead to a significant and lasting improvement in the state-of-practice over the coming years.' Dr Julian J Bommer, Seismic Hazard and Risk Consultant'Seismic hazard and risk analysis has become so complex as to be regarded by many as an opaque, mysterious topic only to be understood by a small group of specialists. With this book, the veil has been lifted. It should be on the shelves of all serious students, practitioners, and researchers in the areas of seismic hazard analysis, earthquake engineering, and risk analysis.' Professor Steve Kramer, University of Washington'The authors' profound knowledge and understanding of the interdisciplinary fields used in seismic hazard and risk analysis, and their own remarkable contributions to it, have yielded a comprehensive foundation for its more uniform, rigorous and advanced practice worldwide.' Dr Paul Somerville, AECOM, Los Angeles'The authors of this valuable new tome are all accomplished professors, and their experience in teaching these subjects is apparent in the structure and organization of the book—each chapter beginning with an opening statement and a list of learning objectives. Each chapter also concludes with some expertly designed exercises, which serve to illustrate the practical application of concepts presented in the chapter and to bring to life the lessons learnt through connection to the stated learning objectives … I sincerely hope that the tremendous contribution that Baker, Bradley, and Stafford have made through writing their outstanding book on Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis will be widely disseminated and studied, because it will be a powerful device to improve the state of practice in these fields.' Julian J. Bommer, Seismological Research Letters'A very timely and important contribution to the earth science and earthquake engineering professions. Given the general applicability of many of the concepts it presents, it should be of great use to readers involved with other natural hazards as well. The book contains a tremendous wealth of information all presented and supported in a rigorous and detailed manner. Writing the first book on a particular topic requires many difficult decisions about scope, content, and organization, and the authors have succeeded admirably in simultaneously providing breadth and depth with respect to both hazards and risk.' Steven L. Kramer, Earthquake Spectra'[an] inherently readable and informative textbook on the subject. Concepts are clearly explained, and advanced mathematics is kept in the background (the appendixes pertain) so readers will not get bogged down while trying to understand the important ideas. Numerous figures and tables support the text, all expertly presented … The authors provide an accompanying website to supplement the material in the book and extend readers' learning experience. There could not be a better purchase for learning about seismic hazards and how to assess them at any price … Highly recommended.' M. S. Field, Choice ConnectTable of Contents1. Introduction; Part I: Hazard Inputs; 2. Seismic Source Characterization; 3. Characterization of Earthquake Rates and Rupture Scenarios; 4. Empirical Ground-Motion Characterization; 5. Physics-Based Ground-Motion Characterization; Part II: Hazard Calculation; 6. PSHA Calculation; 7. PSHA Products; 8. Non-Ergodic Hazard Analysis; Part III: Risk; 9. Seismic Risk; 10. Ground-Motion Selection; 11. Spatially Distributed Systems; 12. Validations; Appendix A Basics of Probability; Appendix B Basics of Statistics for Model Calibration; References; List of Symbols; Notation Conventions; Index.
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WW Norton & Co Radical Uncertainty DecisionMaking Beyond the
Book SynopsisTrade Review"An elegant and careful guide to thinking about personal and social economics, especially in a time of uncertainty. The timing is impeccable." -- Christine Kenneally - New York Times Book Review"Rarely is a book’s publication as well-timed as John Kay and Mervyn King’s Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the Numbers." -- Joseph C. Sternberg - Wall Street Journal"In this profound yet practical book, Kay and King admit the obvious—that in crucial domains, we do not, will not, cannot know what is going on—and show, nevertheless, how to retain the ability to function." -- Paul Romer, Nobel laureate"Many books will make a reader better informed or smarter. This is one of very few that will make a reader much wiser. You will live differently and better after you grasp Kay and King’s seminal lessons about radical uncertainty." -- Lawrence H. Summers, US Treasury Secretary 1999-2001, and Charles W. Eliot University Professor at Harvard University"John Kay and Mervyn King want more people to grasp the old distinction between risk and uncertainty forgotten by a later generation of economists. Too many of life’s uncertainties are presented to us as if they are calculable risks, especially in the realm of finance. We should focus on the truly calculable risks, they argue, and stop pretending we can predict situations of radical uncertainty." -- Niall Ferguson, Milbank Family Senior Fellow, the Hoover Institution, Stanford
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Risk Management Handbook for Health Care
Book SynopsisThis volume comprises the very essential elements of The Risk Management Handbook for Health Care Organizations, Fifth Edition , providing a complete and comprehensive overview of risk management in health care, including all the necessary foundations and applications to start a career or enhance current practice.Table of ContentsExhibits, Figures, Tables, and, Photos ix The Contributors xiii Preface xxvii About the Book xxix ONE Development of a Risk Management Program 1 Learning Objectives 1 Risk Management Program Development 3 Key Structural Elements of the Risk Management Program 4 Scope of the Risk Management Program 8 The Risk Management Process 13 Evolution of the Risk Management Program 21 Selecting an Appropriate Risk Management Program Structure 22 Assessing Areas of the Organization That Need Risk Management 23 Key Components for Getting Started 26 Writing a Risk Management Program Plan 27 Achieving Program Acceptance 27 TWO The Health Care Risk Management Professional 31 Learning Objectives 31 The Risk Manager’s Job: Functional Areas of Responsibility 33 Health Care Risk Management across a Spectrum of Settings 53 Required Skills for the Successful Health Care Risk Management Professional 76 Risk Management Ethics 77 A Profile of the Health Care Risk Management Professional 78 Education and Professional Recognition Programs 78 THREE Patient Safety and the Risk Management Professional 87 Learning Objectives 87 The Scope of Medical Errors 89 Seeking Solutions: What Are the Causes of Medical Errors? 91 FOUR Health Care Legal Concepts 115 Learning Objectives 115 Legal Issues Common to All Health Care Providers 116 Legal Issues Related to Specific Health Care Providers 134 FIVE Governance of the Health Care Organization 157 Learning Objectives 157 Essential Responsibilities of the Hospital Board 159 Basic Legal Duties of Health Care Trustees 160 Lessons from the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector 162 Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations 165 The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 167 The Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 169 Risk Management and the Board 170 The Medical Staff, Risk Management, and the Board 175 SIX Early Warning Systems for the Identification of Organizational Risks 181 Learning Objectives 181 Early Identification of Exposure to Loss 182 Food and Drug Administration 206 Institute for Safe Medication Practices, United States Pharmacopeia, and National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention 208 Medical Event Reporting System—Transfusion Medicine 212 Intensive Care Unit Safety Reporting System 212 Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative 212 Other Voluntary Programs 212 Standardizing a Patient Safety Taxonomy: The National Quality Forum 213 Protecting Sensitive Information 213 SEVEN the Risk Management Professional and Medication Safety 219 Learning Objectives 219 Latent and Active Failures 220 Systems Thinking 221 Risk Management: A Prioritizing Approach 252 Eight Ethics in Patient Care 261 Learning Objectives 261 Ethical Principles and Moral Obligations 263 Research 263 Institutional Review Boards 266 Patient Self-Determination Act 275 “Do Not Resuscitate”: Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment 277 NINE Documentation and The Medical Record 287 Learning Objectives 287 Documentation 291 Record Retention 310 Release of Records 310 Ownership of Medical Records 311 Medical Record Audits 312 Documentation and Risk Management 313 Emerging Risk Exposures 320 The Risk Management Professional’s Role 321 TEN Statutes, Standards, and Regulations 327 Learning Objectives 327 Patient Care 328 Medicare Modernization Act 331 Medical Staff 332 Life Safety Code 350 Federal Health Insurance Laws and Regulations 354 Tort Reform 357 Policy and Procedure Manuals 359 Case Law 360 ELEVEN Basic Claims Administration 367 Learning Objectives 367 The Claims Environment 368 The Claims Process 369 The Risk Management Professional’s Responsibilities 371 Regulatory Reporting of Claims 378 TWELVE Introduction to Risk Financing 381 Learning Objectives 381 Risk Financing in the Context of the Risk Management Process 384 Risk Retention 384 THIRTEEN Insurance: Basic Principles and Coverages 395 Learning Objectives 395 Definition of Insurance 396 Specific Types of Insurance for the Health Care Industry 408 FOURTEEN Information Technologies and Risk Management 427 Learning Objectives 427 Risk Management Information Needs 430 Risk Management Information Systems 431 Using Information Systems to Generate Reports 432 Integrating Risk Management, Quality Assurance, and Patient Safety 433 Electronic Mail 434 Internet- and Web-Based Technology 435 Personal Health Record 435 Electronic Health Records and Systems 436 Clinical Information Systems and “Smart” Technologies 437 Infrastructure Technology 440 Point-of-Care Technology 442 Telemedicine 442 Appendix 14.1: IT Glossary for Risk Managers 447 FIFTEEN Risk Management Metrics 451 Learning Objectives 451 Benchmarking Defined 453 Claims 456 Measuring Change 459 Developing New Metrics 461 SIXTEEN Acreditation, Licensure, Certification, and Surveying Bodies 467 Learning Objectives 467 The Consumer Era of Health Care 468 What the Health Care Risk Management Professional Needs to Know 469 Mandatory Surveying Bodies 471 Voluntary Surveying Bodies 475 URAC 489 Appendix 16.1: Accreditation and Licensure Organizations, Surveying Bodies, and Government Agencies 501 SEVENTEEN Emergency Management 503 Learning Objectives 503 The Steps of Emergency Management 505 Prevention 506 Planning and Preparation 511 Implementation and Response 525 Recovery 526 Recommended Web Sites 528 EIGHTEEN Occupational Safety, Health, and Environmental Impairment 529 Learning Objectives 529 Administrative Procedure Act 530 Administrative Enforcement 532 Specific Occupational Safety and Health Issues 535 APPENDIX A A RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (EXAMPLE) 543 APPENDIX B REQUEST FOR RECORDS form (EXAMPLE) 549 APPENDIX C A GUIDE TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 551 GLOSSARY 565 INDEX 623
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Enterprise Cyber Risk Management as a Value
Book SynopsisThis book will help you learn the importance of organizations treating enterprise cyber risk management (ECRM) as a value creator, a business enabler, and a mechanism to create a competitive advantage. Organizations began to see the real value of information and information technology in the mid-1980s. Forty years later, it’s time to leverage your ECRM program and cybersecurity strategy in the same way. The main topics covered include the case for action with specific coverage on the topic of cybersecurity as a value creator, including how the courts, legislators, and regulators are raising the bar for C-suite executives and board members. The book covers how the board’s three primary responsibilities (talent management, strategy, and risk management) intersect with their ECRM responsibilities.ECRM was once solely focused on managing the downside of risk by defending the organization from adversarial, accidental, structural, and environmental threat sources. Author Bob Chaput presents the view that we must focus equally on managing the upside of cyber strengths to increase customer trust and brand loyalty, improving social responsibility, driving revenue growth, lowering the cost of capital, attracting higher quality investments, creating competitive advantage, attracting and retaining talent, and facilitating M&A work. He focuses on the C-suite and board role in the first part and provides guidance on their roles and responsibilities, the most important decision about ECRM they must facilitate, and how to think differently about ECRM funding. You will learn how to the pivot from cost-center thinking to value-center thinking.Having built the case for action, in the second part, the book details the steps that organizations must take to develop and document their ECRM program and cybersecurity strategy. The book first covers how ECRM must be integrated into business strategy. The remainder of that part presents a sample table of contents for an ECRM Program and Cybersecurity Strategy document and works through each section to facilitate development of your own program and strategy. With all the content and ideas presented, you will be able to establish, implement, and mature your program and strategy.What You Will Learn Read new information and treat ECRM and cybersecurity as a value creator Receive updates on legal cases, legislative actions, and regulations that are raising the stakes for organizations, their C-suites, and boards Think differently about funding ECRM and cybersecurity initiatives Understand the most critical ECRM decision that boards must facilitate in their organizations Use practical, tangible, actionable content to develop and document your ECRM program and cybersecurity strategy “This book should be mandatory reading for C-suite executives and board members. It shows you how to move from viewing cybersecurity as a risk to avoid, and a cost center that does not add value and is overhead, to seeing cybersecurity as an enabler and part of your core strategy to transform your business and earn customer and stakeholder trust.” —Paul Connelly, First CISO at the White House and HCA Healthcare Who This Book Is ForThe primary audience includes Chief Information Security Officers, Chief Risk Officers, and Chief Compliance Officers. The secondary audience includes C-suite executives and board members. The tertiary audience includes any stakeholder responsible for privacy, security, compliance, and cyber risk management or students of these topics.Table of Contents
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