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Otto Skorzeny, Germany’s top commando in the Second World War, is one of the most famous men in the history of special forces. His extraordinary wartime career was one of high risk and adventure and h
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What prompts the United Nations Security Council to engage forcefully in some crises at high risk for genocide and ethnic cleansing but not others? In All Necessary Measures, Carrie Booth Walling iden
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The aim of this book is to contribute to understanding risk knowledge and to forecasting components of early flood warning, particularly in the environment of tropical high mountains in developing cit
Risk management is dynamic, with new risks being identified on a continuous basis and risk management techniques adapting to these new challenges.The Risk Management Handbook provides a clear view of
Imagine using an evidence-based?risk?management?model?that enables researchers and practitioners alike to analyze the spatial dynamics of crime, allocate resources, and implement custom crime and?risk
In the years since 9/11 Special Forces of many nations have been in almost constant action in covert, high risk operations around the globe. These include the two long conflicts in Iraq and Afghanist
Uniquely designed for oncologists and general practitioners, this book offers clinicians comprehensive guidelines when dealing with women at high risk for breast cancer. Written by experts in the fiel
What is risk, how does it effect decisions we make, and how can we do so more rationally?We are all risk takers. In life and in business, human attitudes towards risk are terrifyingly irrational. We h
The book presents the engineering aspects of risk management. The introduction to potential risks is followed by management principles, risk diagnostic, analysis and treatment followed by examples of
In the wake of official reviews of a number of high-profile deaths of at-risk children in the UK, the topic of information sharing among social service agencies and staff has become both a political a
Brings together a wide array of authors and ideas focusing on institutional change, new policies and political narratives to meet the challenges of progressive governance in a high-opportunity, high-r
?This in-depth text addresses how to approach and treat the chronic pain patient struggling with problematic opiate use. It discusses the approach for patients who may be at high risk of problem
Risk and risk allocation have always been central issues in public utility regulation. Unfortunately, the term “risk” can easily be misrepresented and misinterpreted, especially when disconnected from
Cities on a Finite Planet: Transformative responses to climate change shows how cities can combine high quality living conditions, resilience to climate change, disaster risk reduction and contributio
Cities on a Finite Planet: Transformative responses to climate change shows how cities can combine high quality living conditions, resilience to climate change, disaster risk reduction and contributio
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The Defensive Value Investor is a complete step-by-step guide to building a high-yield, low-risk share portfolio. Defensive investing focuses on strong, steady companies that produce decent rates of i
Every business is exposed to financial risk stemming from commodity price volatility. Risk exposure may be direct from the prices paid for raw materials needed for operations, or indirect from higher
The proposed book will consists of a series of essays that provides fundamental investment insights and answers practical questions regarding the popular risk parity investment strategies. Risk parity
"Angel investors" provide small amounts of capital ($100k–$3m) to early stage, high-risk ventures. In recent years, they have not only grown in numbers and sophistication, they have
"Angel investors" provide small amounts of capital ($100k–$3m) to early stage, high-risk ventures. In recent years, they have not only grown in numbers and sophistication, they have garnered
Occupational Cancers is the first fully comprehensive guide to occupational factors of malignant diseases and the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients and those with high cancer risk due to occu
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed conference proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Risk Assessment and Risk-driven Testing, RISK 2015, held in conjunction with the OMG Technic
The book provides an integrated approach to risk sharing, risk spreading and efficient regulation through principal agent models. It emphasizes the role of information asymmetry and risk sharing in co
Effective risk management in today's ever-changing worldRisk Culture – Running An Effective Risk Management Operation: Key Risk Management Lessons from Top Risk Managers and Regulators sheds light on
Take the risk out of financial risk managementWritten by bestselling author and past winner of the GARP Award's Risk Manager of the Year, Aaron Brown,Financial Risk Management For Dummies offers thoro
This guide brings together three simple, risk-free, low-cost ways to break cycles of business failure and underperformance: techniques that have repeatedly demonstrated their effectiveness in high-sta
"Few topics are as pressing to policy makers, business leaders and the risk management community as the secure and compliant management of social media. Social Media Risk and Governance is a practical
Climate change is fundamentally a risk management problemClimate Risk examines climate change as a risk management issue, detailing the problems inherent in that necessary but complex perspective. Wri
Julian Cummings began flying lightweight Piper Cubs as a young man and was recruited for the experimental and high-risk aerial reconnaissance unit of the Army's Third Infantry Division. In this memoir
Two cutting-edge guides for the theories, applications, and statistical methodologies essential to operational risk and heavy tailed risk modelingFocusing on the quantitative aspects of heavy tailed l
This volume contains a selection of original contributions from internationally reputed scholars in the field of risk management in socio?technical systems with high hazard potential. Its first major
The Class Reunion offers a critical edition, translation and commentary on the Sumerian scholastic dialogue otherwise known as Two Scribes and speaks to the central themes of scholastic thought in the
Young people who leave care with few or no educational qualifications are at very high risk of social exclusion in adulthood. Yet in the past their education has attracted little attention from resear
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The financial systems in most developed countries today build up a large amount of model risk on a daily basis. However, this is not particularly visible as the financial risk management agenda is sti
