“…The chapters in this book address many international business domains, covering political risk, liability of foreignness, cultural distance, headquarters change, and tax planning. …”

“…It addresses the challenges of fostering a culture of integrity, human resource management based on merit, ethical leadership, and risk management associated with integrity. The handbook also explores policy-making improvements through stakeholder engagement and conflict of interest management. …”

“…Businesses likewise see innovation as essential to productivity and growth, but can't bring themselves to risk new ideas. Even as one's "inner artist" is hyped by a booming self-help industry, creative education dwindles in U.S. schools. …”

“…Azelton and Teufel demonstrate a method for uncovering performance and risk-management opportunities-and show the readers how they can do it, too. …”

“…"While there is a limited data on safety-sensitive professionals, substance use disorders potentially affect pilots and flight attendants at the same rate as the general population - around 15 percent - but due to the high-risk nature of their jobs, aircraft operators are held to a higher standard for substance misuse on the job.To protect the safety of the public and the aviation workforce, the Human Intervention Motivation Study (HIMS) and the Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program (FADAP) were launched to help treat critical aviation workers - pilots and flight attendants, respectively - who misuse substances. …”

“…An innovative model of power system (PS) imbalances is presented, which aims to capture various features of the stochastic behavior of imbalances and to reduce in average reserve requirements and PS risk. Deep learning techniques for medium-term wind speed and solar irradiance forecasting are presented, using for first time a specific cloud index. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…FUNDING FOR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Pharmaceutical Industry Funding -- Federal Funding -- Foundation Funding -- Funding Worldwide -- World Health Organization -- TRAINING -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 7 Regulation and Contraceptive Development -- THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS -- THE REGULATION PROCESS -- FDA's Regulation of Drugs -- Standards of Approval: Safety -- Toxicological Testing of Contraceptive Drugs -- The Case of Depo-Provera -- The Appropriateness of Current Safety Requirements for Contraceptive Drugs -- Standards of Approval: Effectiveness -- The Risk-Benefit Trade-off -- Patent Life and Profitability -- FDA's Regulation of Medical Devices -- Impediments to FDA Approval -- Postmarketing Surveillance -- CONTRACEPTIVE REGULATION: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE -- Regulation in Europe -- Regulation in Developing Countries -- The World Health Organization's Role -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- 8 Products Liability and Contraceptive Development -- THE LEGAL TERRAIN -- SOURCES OF DATA -- TRENDS IN LITIGATION INVOLVING CONTRACEPTIVES -- Intrauterine Devices -- Oral Contraceptives -- Other Contraceptives -- PRODUCTS LIABILITY RULES -- Warranty -- Fraudulent Misrepresentation -- Negligence -- Strict Liability in Tort -- CASE STUDIES -- The Dalkon Shield Intrauterine Device -- Other Intrauterine Devices -- Oral Contraceptives -- Other Contraceptives -- PRODUCTS LIABILITY INSURANCE AND CONTRACEPTIVE DEVELOPMENT -- Causes of the Insurance Crisis -- Cost and Availability of Liability Insurance for Contraceptives -- Responses to the Crisis -- Responses by Insurers -- Responses by Policy Holders -- Responses by State Legislatures -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- Possible Elements of a Statute -- The FDA Defense -- Effect on Products Liability Cases -- CONCLUSION -- 9 Contraceptive Development: Obstacles and Opportunities…”

“…Similarly, great commanders of the Age of Battle such as Napoleon, Marlborough, and Frederick the Great are shown to have engaged in cost/benefit calculations: because the risk of losing of an entire army usually far outweighed the potential spoils of victory, they actually chose to fight relatively few large engagements. …”

“…But are efficiency and profitability the most important concerns in this transition, or is there something more essential at stake, something we risk overlooking and potentially losing? In The Last Human Job, Allison Pugh develops the concept of "connective labor" to capture a particular kind of work that plays a significant role in a wide range of professions-and which, she argues, cannot be accomplished by computers. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 8.2.2 Which roadmap stage will this challenge affect? -- 8.2.3 Associated risks -- 8.2.4 Potential mitigation…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals varies considerably, but fragile contexts overall are at risk of being left behind -- Box 1.4. The state of data to track sustainable development goal progress in fragile contexts…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Machine generated contents note: Preface Chapter 1: Introduction What You Will Learn In This Chapter Overview Where We Are Going in This Book Contributions Made By the Financial System Recurring Themes in the Chapters Ahead Resources Chapter 2: Overview of the Financial System What You Will Learn In This Chapter Introduction Features of An Effective Financial System Direct Methods of Finance Indirect Methods of Finance Primary versus Secondary Markets Chapter 3: The Special Role of Commercial Banks What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Commercial Bank Balance Sheet Payment System and Money Liquidity Provision Dealing with Asymmetric Information Maturity Transformation The Safety Net and Regulatory Policy Chapter 4: The Pricing of Financial Assets What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Present Value Maturity and Price Sensitivity Holding Periods versus Maturities Return versus Yield Duration Nominal versus Real Yields Appendix A: Variations Of The Valuation Relationship Appendix B:Solutions Using A Financial Calculator Chapter 5: Factors Affecting Yields What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background The Term Structure of Interest Rates Credit Risk Liquidity Taxation Embedded Options Flights to Safety Chapter 6: Principles of Portfolio Selection and Efficient Markets What You Will Learn In This Chapter Overview Uncertainty, Expected Return, and Risk Selecting a Portfolio Efficient Portfolios And Risk-Return Trade-Offs Efficient Markets Hypothesis Chapter 7: The Money Market What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background and Basic Features of the Money Market Pricing Treasury Bills The Role of Commercial Banks in the Money Market Letters of Credit and Bankers Acceptances Monetary Policy Effects on the Money Market Chapter 8: The Bond Market What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Treasury Notes and Bonds Corporate Bonds Munis Government-Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) The Impact of Monetary Policy on the Bond Market Chapter 9: Securitization What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Obstacles to Overcome Beginnings of Securitization-MBS Other Securitized Loans-Consumer ABS ABS Involving Business Credit-CDOs and Structured Securities Securitization and the Integration of Credit Markets Monetary Policy and Securitization Chapter 10: The Mortgage Market What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Home Mortgages Commercial Mortgages The Mortgage Market and Monetary Policy Chapter 11: The Equity Market What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Equities as a Source of Corporate Finance Preferred versus Common Shares Primary and Secondary Markets Valuation of Individual Shares Price-earnings Extending These Principles to the Stock Market Monetary Policy and the Stock Market Indexes of Stock Prices Chapter 12: Central Banking and the Federal Reserve What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Origins of Central Banks Constitutional Foundations The Century And A Quarter Without A Central Bank Creation of the Federal Reserve Early Years of the Federal Reserve Reforms of the 1930's Fed Independence Central Bank Accountability and Transparency Central Bank Responsibilities Monetary Operations Chapter 13: Monetary Policy: The Basics What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background The Operational Counterparts to Maximum Employment and Price Stability Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply The Model Addressing Inflation Addressing a Shortfall in Output Okun's Law Chapter 14: Monetary Policy: Challenges Faced by Policymakers What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Other Forces Affecting Output and Inflation Lags and Other Complications Policy Rules Expectations and Central Bank Credibility Inflation Targeting The Zero-Bound Constraint and the Slow Recovery from the Great Contraction Chapter 15: Financial Crises What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Classic Banking Panics The Nightmare of the Great Depression The Financial Crisis Common Threads Chapter 16: The Foreign Exchange Market and Exchange Rate Regimes What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Features of the Market The Relation Between Spot and Forward Exchange Rates Long Run Exchange Rate Relationships The Real Exchange Rate Exchange Rate Determination in the Shorter Run Floating Exchange Rate Regime Fixed Exchange Rate Regime Chapter 17: Depository Institutions What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Organization of Commercial Banks and Other Depository Institutions Economic Functions of Depository Institutions The Balance Sheet of the Commercial Banking System The Balance Sheet of Savings Institutions The Balance Sheet of Credit Unions Deposit Insurance Regulation and Supervision of Depository Institutions Depository Institutions and Monetary Policy Chapter 18: Mutual Funds What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background History SEC Regulation Role of Mutual Fund Complexes Types of Funds Open-End Funds Exchange-Traded Funds Closed-End Funds Mutual Funds and Monetary Policy Chapter 19: Hedge, Venture Capital, and Private Equity Funds What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Commonalities In Structure Hedge Funds Venture Capital Funds Private Equity Funds Alternative Investment Funds and Monetary Policy Chapter 20: Large Institutional Investors What You Will Learn In This Chapter Background Pension Funds Life Insurance Companies Property and Casualty Insurance Companies Large Institutional Investors and Monetary Policy About the Author Index …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Management System Planning -- Leadership and Commitment -- Policy -- Process Approach -- Risks -- Global Citizenship-Western Digital's Commitment -- Legal Commitment-Compliance -- Best Practices -- Compliance Costs -- Compliance Costs-Employee Penalties -- Strategic Planning-Objectives and Programs -- Good to Great -- Assess/Reflect/Act -- Notes -- CHAPTER 13 Step Two: Insure -- Implementation of Plans -- Agent for Innovation -- InnovationPoint-Leapfrogging -- Support-Resources -- Organizational Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities -- Role of the Boss -- Employees-Engagement and Innovation -- Recognition -- Building Employee Relationships -- Future Competencies in Demand -- Resources-Training-Competence-Awareness -- Work Environment -- Communication -- Documented Information -- Documented Procedures -- Operation -- Sarbanes‐Oxley -- Due Diligence -- Operational Clauses -- Quality Control Plan -- Management System Control Plan -- Goods and Service Risk Questions -- Production and Service Provision -- Innovation -- Emergency Preparedness and Response -- Notes -- CHAPTER 14 Step Three: Improve -- Performance Evaluation -- Monitor, Measure, Analyze, and Evaluate -- Objectives -- Supply Chain -- Monitoring-Compliance -- Monitoring and Measurement of Processes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Industry/Government Interaction -- Universities -- INCOSE Certification -- 17. Tradeoffs -- Risk -- Detection and False Alarm Probabilities -- 18. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Resources for Further Knowledge -- Resources for knowing more about .NET 4.5 and its tools -- Resources for knowing more about Windows 8 -- Resources for knowing more about general development -- B. .NET 4.5 - Deployment Risks and Issues -- Introduction -- Risks of the in-place upgrade -- Platform targeting -- Other risks -- Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Findings of the EVA study with children at risk; PART V DREAMS IN MODERN LITERATURE…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Susser -- ch. 13. Lessons for high-risk populations from attachment research and September 11 : helping children in foster care / Francine Cournos…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; CHAPTER 3 Protecting Children in their Homes: Effective Prevention Programs and Policies; CHAPTER 4 Empirically-Based Violence Prevention Interventions; CHAPTER 5 Identifying Children Potentially at Risk for Serious Maladjustment due to Peer Victimization: A New Model using Receiver Operating Characteristics (ROC) Analysis…”