Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 8.5 Significance of Iranian Internal Waters for the Passage Regime in the Strait of Hormuz -- 9 Tensions in and over the Taiwan Strait in 2021 -- 9.1 Legal and Geographical Characteristics of the Taiwan Strait -- 9.2 Navigation in the Taiwan Strait in the Light of Recent Developments in China’s Legislation -- 9.3 Geopolitical Tensions in the Taiwan Strait and Intrusions of Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone -- 10 Discriminatory Navigational Restrictions in the Kerch Strait in Respect of Foreign Commercial Ships -- 10.1 The Significance of the Kerch Strait for Commerce -- 10.2 Restrictions on Foreign Commercial Ships’ Navigation through the Kerch Strait -- 11 Discriminatory Prohibition of the Right of Innocent Passage of a Commercial Ship  The Vironia Incident in the Gulf of Finland -- 11.1 Right of Innocent Passage in the Eastern Gulf of Finland from 1920s to 2000 -- 11.2 The Russian Federation’s Maritime Zones in the Gulf of Finland -- 11.3 The Vironia Incident in the Gulf of Finland and Its Aftermath -- 11.4 Potential Legal Basis of the Russian Federation’s Permit-Based Passage Regime in the Gulf of Finland -- part 4 -- Major Maritime Industrial Projects, Piracy, and Unidentified Soldiers -- 12 The Nord Stream Project and Estonian-Russian Incidents in the Viro Strait -- 12.1 Link between Industrial Projects and Maritime Security -- 12.2 The Significance of the Viro Strait’s eez Corridor for the Nord Stream Project -- 12.3 Marine Scientific Research in the Context of Seabed Studies on the Pipeline Route -- 12.4 The Incident between the Estonian Coast Guard and Russian Research Vessels in the Viro Strait’s eez Corridor -- 12.5 Permit-Based Marine Scientific Research in an eez: Estonia’s Decision to Deny Seabed Surveys -- 13 Countering the Threat of ‘Little Green Men’ in the Åland Strait -- 13.1 Geopolitical Characteristics of the Åland Strait and Preparations to Counter Unidentified Soldiers on the Åland Islands -- 13.2 Legal Regime of the Åland Strait -- 14 Threats of Piracy in the Straits of Malacca, Sunda, Lombok -- 14.1 Legal and Geopolitical Characteristics -- 14.2 Threats of Piracy in Indonesia and the Straits of Malacca and Singapore -- part 5 -- Concluding Observations on the Implications of Hybrid Threats for Maritime Security Law -- 15 A Need for a New Legal Framework on Hybrid Naval Warfare? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges in Civil Aviation Security -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Literature Review -- 1.3 Research Methods -- 1.4 Cyber Risk in Aviation -- 1.4.1 Voice (Very High Frequency - VHF) -- 1.4.2 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) -- 1.4.3 Importance of Satellite Navigation (GPS) -- 1.5 Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) -- 1.5.1 Impact of DDoS on Air Transportation -- 1.6 Discussion -- 1.6.1 Importance of IoT in Civil Aviation -- 1.6.2 Cybersecurity Challenges in Civil Aviation -- 1.7 Conclusion -- 1.8 Future Work -- References -- Chapter 2 Addressing Security Issues and Challenges in Smart Logistics Using Smart Technologies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Literature Review -- 2.3 Methodology -- 2.4 Evaluation of Logistics and Smart Technologies -- 2.4.1 Connectivity -- 2.4.2 Sensors Collection -- 2.4.3 Data Processing Analysis -- 2.4.4 Automation and Control -- 2.4.5 Remote Monitoring and Management -- 2.5 Transportation Technology's Types -- 2.5.1 Underground Tunneling -- 2.5.2 Aerospace -- 2.5.3 Autonomous Vehicles -- 2.5.4 Last-Mile Robots -- 2.5.5 Electric Vehicles -- 2.6 Transportation Technology in Development -- 2.6.1 Blockchain Technology -- 2.6.2 Autonomous Vehicles -- 2.6.3 Connected Vehicles -- 2.7 Discussion -- 2.8 Conclusion -- 2.9 Future Work -- References -- Chapter 3 Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Logistics: Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Literature Review -- 3.3 Research Methods -- 3.4 Global Navigation Satellite Systems -- 3.4.1 Types of Global Navigation Satellite Systems -- 3.4.2 Global Positioning System (United States) -- 3.4.3 GLONASS (Russia) -- 3.4.4 Galileo (European Union) -- 3.4.5 BeiDou (China) -- 3.4.6 IRNSS (India)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Gas Pipeline Intrusion Campaign -- 6.1.3 2012 to Present - Cyber Professionalization -- 6.1.3.1 Hacking/Cracking Training in China -- 6.1.3.2 Information Security Ironman -- 6.1.3.3 Cyber Collections on U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…NUEVO DRAMA DE SÓFOCLES -- LA REVOLUCIÓN EN CHINA -- LOS CONCURSOS DE ARGOS -- ARTISTAS CONTEMPORÁNEOS. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “….) -- ANÁLISIS DE LA INVERSIÓN CHINA EN AMÉRICA LATINA Y ECUADOR EN EL PERÍODO (...) -- MODELO ECONÓMICOS: BASADO EN LOS INTERESES COMUNES DE LOS SECTORES ECONÓMICOS (...) -- MODELOS DE SATISFACCIÓN: FUNDAMENTACIÓN TEÓRICA Y CRITERIOS DE APLICACIÓN (...) -- LA GESTIÓN DEL DEPARTAMENTO DE TALENTO HUMANO EN LA CAPACITACIÓN Y DESARROLLO (...) -- MARKETING SENSORIAL: DE SUS IMPLICACIONES Y GENERALIDADES AUTORA: -- LA POSIBILIDAD DE EXTENDER LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS A LA EMPRESA: ¿UNA OPCIÓN (...) -- DILUTION BY BLURRING AND CONSUMER-BASED BRAND EQUITY -- COSTO DE OPORTUNIDAD DEL CAPITAL EN MERCADOS FINANCIEROS NO DESARROLLADOS (...) -- FORTALECIMIENTO DE LA GESTIÓN EMPRESARIAL EN LAS PEQUEÑAS Y MEDIANAS EMPRESAS, (...) -- EL COMPORTAMIENTO DEL CONSUMIDOR ANTE LAS FALSIFICACIONES EN ECUADOR AUTORA: -- EL DESARROLLO ORGANIZACIONAL COMO HERRAMIENTA PARA EL CAMBIO Y LA MEJORA DE LAS (...) -- LA CULTURA ORGANIZACIONAL COMO MODELADOR DE LOS COMPORTAMIENTOS EN UNA (...) -- LA RELACIÓN ENTRE LOS ESTILOS DE LIDERAZGO, LA SATISFACCIÓN LABORAL Y SU EFECTO (...) -- EL CITY MARKETING Y LA CONSTRUCCIÓN DE MARCA PAÍS PARA ALCANZAR (...) -- PLANTEAMIENTO DE METODOLOGÍA PARA LA CREACIÓN DE UNA EMPRESA NACIDA GLOBAL (...) -- CAPÍTULO 3: TURISMO Y HOTELERÍA -- RELACIÓN DEL PERFIL PROFESIONAL CON LA CONTRATACIÓN DE PROFESIONALES EN (...) -- IDENTIFICACIÓN DE NECESIDADES PARA PROPONER EL DESARROLLO TURÍSTICO EN LA (...) -- TURISMO SOSTENIBLE: CASO PLAYA CHIPIPE DEL CANTÓN SALINAS COMO PLAYA TURÍSTICA (...) -- LOS MUSEOS TEMÁTICOS COMO ALTERNATIVA PARA LA REVITALIZACIÓN DEL TURISMO (...) -- CAPÍTULO 4: EDUCACIÓN -- MODELO DE EFICIENCIA ORGANIZACIONAL EN BASE A LA GESTIÓN POR PROCESOS EN LAS (...)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…MERCADOS PRIORITARIOS PARA EXTREMADURA -- 3.6.1. DATOS BÁSICOS DE CHINA -- 3.6.2. DATOS BÁSICOS DE MÉXICO -- 3.7. REFLEXIONES FINALES -- REFERENCIAS BLOQUE I -- BLOQUE II. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Brief Contents -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Microeconomics: The Allocation of Scarce Resources -- Trade-Offs -- Who Makes the Decisions -- How Prices Determine Allocations -- APPLICATION Twinkie Tax -- 1.2 Models -- APPLICATION Income Threshold Model and China -- Simplifications by Assumption -- Testing Theories -- Maximizing Subject to Constraints -- Positive Versus Normative -- 1.3 Uses of Microeconomic Models -- Summary -- Chapter 2 Supply and Demand -- CHALLENGE Quantities and Prices of Genetically Modified Foods -- 2.1 Demand -- The Demand Function -- Summing Demand Functions -- APPLICATION Aggregating Corn Demand Curves -- 2.2 Supply -- The Supply Function -- Summing Supply Functions -- How Government Import Policies Affect Supply Curves -- 2.3 Market Equilibrium -- Finding the Market Equilibrium -- Forces That Drive a Market to Equilibrium -- 2.4 Shocking the Equilibrium: Comparative Statics -- Comparative Statics with Discrete (Relatively Large) Changes -- APPLICATION Occupational Licensing -- Comparative Statics with Small Changes -- Solved Problem 2.1 -- Why the Shapes of Demand and Supply Curves Matter -- 2.5 Elasticities -- Demand Elasticity -- Solved Problem 2.2 -- APPLICATION The Demand Elasticities for Google Play and Apple Apps -- Solved Problem 2.3 -- Supply Elasticity -- Solved Problem 2.4 -- Long Run Versus Short Run -- APPLICATION Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- Solved Problem 2.5 -- 2.6 Effects of a Sales Tax -- Equilibrium Effects of a Specific Tax -- The Same Equilibrium No Matter Who Is Taxed -- Who Pays the Tax? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Benefiting from industrialization -- The BRIC countries -- China -- Brazil -- What Makes Commodities Unique -- Gaining from inelasticity -- Finding a safe haven -- Hedging against inflation -- Taking time to bring new sources online -- Sell in May and go away? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Dollar Exchange Rate (January 2011-February 2014) -- 9.2 Currency Market Intervention -- Global Finance in Practice 9.2: Coordinated Intervention: The Lost Decade of Japan -- Global Finance in Practice 9.3: Rules of Thumb for Effective Intervention -- Global Finance in Practice 9.4: The European Monetary System's "Snake in a Tunnel" -- 9.3 Disequilibrium: Exchange Rates in Emerging Markets -- 9.4 Currency Forecasting in Practice -- Summary Points -- Mini-case: Is China a Currency Manipulator? -- Questions -- Problems -- Part 3: Foreign Exchange Exposure -- Chapter 10. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…EXAMPLE 4.7 Priest Monopsony -- EXAMPLE 4.8 Price Umbrella -- EXAMPLE 4.9 China Tobacco Monopoly to Become a Dominant Firm -- CHAPTER 5 Cartels -- Why Cartels Form -- Creating and Enforcing the Cartel -- Factors That Facilitate the Formation of Cartels -- Enforcing a Cartel Agreement -- Cartels and Price Wars -- Consumers Gain as Cartels Fail -- Price-Fixing Laws -- Summary -- Problems -- Suggested Readings -- APPENDIX 5A The Effects of Cartel Size -- EXAMPLE 5.1 An Electrifying Conspiracy -- EXAMPLE 5.2 The Viability of Commodity Cartels -- EXAMPLE 5.3 Concrete Example of Government Aided Collusion -- EXAMPLE 5.4 Relieving the Headache of Running a Cartel -- EXAMPLE 5.5 Vitamins Cartel -- EXAMPLE 5.6 How Consumers Were Railroaded -- EXAMPLE 5.7 The Social Costs of Cartelization -- EXAMPLE 5.8 Prosecuting Global Cartels -- CHAPTER 6 Oligopoly -- Game Theory -- Single-Period Oligopoly Models -- Nash Equilibrium -- The Cournot Model -- The Bertrand Model -- The Stackelberg Leader-Follower Model -- A Comparison of the Major Oligopoly Models -- Multiperiod Games -- Single-Period Prisoners' Dilemma Game -- Infinitely Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma Game -- Types of Equilibria in Multiperiod Games -- Experimental Evidence on Oligopoly Models -- Summary -- Problems -- Suggested Readings -- APPENDIX 6A A Mathematical Derivation of Cournot and Stackelberg Equilibria -- APPENDIX 6B Mixed Strategies -- EXAMPLE 6.1 Do Birds of a Feather Cournot- Flock Together? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: Norwegian-Chinese and Finnish-Russian Initiatives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Science Diplomacy on Black Carbon and SLCPs: Analytical Framework -- 3 Norwegian Science Diplomacy towards China -- 4 Finnish Science Diplomacy towards Russia -- 5 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Membership in Key International Agreements, Frameworks, and Partnerships Relevant to SLCPs -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Part 2 Case Studies of SLCP Mitigation -- Chapter 9 Regulating Emissions from Cookstoves: Global and National Approaches -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Regulatory Responses -- 2.1 Starting Point: Multi-level Regulation -- 2.2 International Level -- 2.3 Transnational Level -- 2.4 National Level -- 2.4.1 Case of India -- 2.4.2 Case of Kenya -- 2.4.3 Observations from the Case Studies -- 2.4.3.1 Choice of Regulatory Approaches and Instruments -- 2.4.3.2 A Coordinated and Integrated Approach -- 2.4.3.3 Focus on Implementation -- 2.4.3.4 Information and Participation -- 3 Discussion and Recommendations -- 3.1 The Multitude of Objectives, Actors and Governance Levels -- 3.2 A Long-Term View -- 3.3 Focus on Energy Policies -- 3.4 Targeting Households -- 3.5 Transnational Initiatives -- 4 Conclusion…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Conté: Berlin voids - Europan 2 competition, Berlin, Germany 1991, p. 8-11; Villa VPRO, Hilversum, Netherlands 1993-1997, p. 12-19; WoZoCo housing for the elderly, Amsterdam-Osdorp, Netherlands 1994-1997, p. 20-27; Porters' lodges at the entrance to the Hoge Veluwe National Park, at Otterlo, Hoenderloo and Arnhem, Netherlands 1994-1996, p. 28-29; Office building for the RVU Public Broadcasting Company, Hilversum, Netherlands 1994-1997, p. 30-35; KBWW house, Utrecht, Netherlands 1995-1997, p. 36-41 [with Bjarne Mastenbroek of de Architectengroep]; Silodam housing complex along the River IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1995-2002, p. 42-47; HAN Faculty for Social Studies and Healthcare, Nijmegen, Netherlands 1996-2000, p. 48-51; 30 apartments for elderly people, Hengelo, Netherlands 1998, p. 52-53; Two houses in Borneo Sporenburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1996-2000 / 1996-1999, p. 54-61; Conversation: Winy Maas and Jun Aoki, July 22, 2002, p. 62-65; Calveen office building, Amersfoort, Netherlands 1997-2000, p. 66-69; Dutch Pavilion for Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany 1997-2000, p. 70-75; Effenaar cultural center, rock and dance club, Eindhoven, Netherlands 1998- , p. 76-77; Hageneiland, Patio-Eiland, Quattro Villa - housing for Ypenburg Waterwijk Deelplan 10, Ypenburg, Netherlands 1997-2001, p. 78-89; Flight Forum: masterplan for a 60 hectare business area near Eindhoven Airport, Einhoven, Netherlands 1998-2010, p. 90-95; Offices for Studio Thonik, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1999-2001, p. 96-101; Pyjama Garden - extension of the Maxima Medical Center, Veldhoven, Netherlands 1999-2002, p. 102-103; Design for Vitra production hall and offices, Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany 1998, p. 104-105; Metacity/Datatown installation, Netherlands 1998-2000, p. 106-109; Brabant City 2050 study, Netherlands 1998, p. 110-113; KM3 / the 3D city - research and design for a 3D city, Amsterdam and Rotterdam, Netherlands 1999-2002, p. 114-117; Flying village - housing complex for 100 dwellings, Vienna, Austria 1999-2000, p. 118-119; Port city - study for the future of Rotterdam harbour, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1999, p. 120-123; Amsterdam Central Station area - study for the redevelopment of the Station Island, Amsterdam, Netherlands 1999, p. 124-125; Buurt Ne9en - 180 housing units, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2002- , p. 126-127; Jobsveem, conversion and extension of the Jobsveem warehouse, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2000, p. 128-129; Conversation: Jacob van Rijs and Marcel Wanders, July 8, 2002, p. 130-133; Quai Branly - competition for the Museum of Primitive Arts, Quai Branly, collaboration with Peripheriques, Paris, France 1999, p. 134-137; Unterfohring Park Village, masterplan for 55,000-square-metres of office space and parking garage, Munich, Germany 1999-2002 (first phase), p. 138-139; Nature activity center, visitor center for the Oostvaardersplassen, Netherlands 2000- , p. 140-141; Frosilos Copenhagen - conversion of 3 silos into apartments, Copenhagen, Denmark 2000- , p. 142-143; Silicon Hill - competition for the Sweden Post headquarters, Stockholm, Sweden 2000, p. 144-147; Costa Iberica, publication, Iberica, Spain 1998-2000, p. 148-149; Mobiloskop, study, Papenburg, Germany 2000-2001, p. 150-151; Almere Poort & Functionmixer - 120,000-square-metre business park and software design, Almere, Netherlands 2000-2001, p. 152-155; Matsudai Cultural Village Museum - cultural center for Matsudai Town, Matsudai, Niigata, Japan 2000-2003, p. 156-159; Library Brabant - study for a central library, Noord Brabant, Netherlands 2000, p. 160-163; Rotterdam Airport - urban design concept for development of Rotterdam Airport, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2000-2001, p. 164-165; LNV - study for a new Ministry of Agriculture, The Hague, Netherlands 2001, p. 166-169; Multi-level Ikea store - study 2001-2002, p. 170-171; Manyfacts - stage set for the Scapino Ballet Company, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2001, p. 172-175; Palau de Biodiversitat - research center, Barcelona, Spain 2001- , p.A 176-177; Eyebeam Institute - competition for the Eyebeam, New York, USA 2001, p. 178-183; Conversation: Nathalie de Vries and Andreas Ruby, August 15, 2002, p. 184-187; Container City: architecture biennial 2003, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2001, p. 188-189; Fondation Francois Pinault - competition for the Fondation d'Art Contemporain Francois Pinault, Ile Seguin, Paris, France 2001, p. 190-193; Toolenburg-Zuid housing Expo - competition for the masterplan for the International Housing Exhibition 2005, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands 2001-2002, p. 194-195; 156 housing units in Sanchinarro - housing complex in collaboration with Blaca Lleo, Madrid, Spain 2001-2004, p. 196-197; Pig City - study, Netherlands 2000-2001, p. 198-201; Boz sur Mer - masterplan for the Binnenschelde area, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands 2001-2002, p. 202-203; Sluishuis - competition for a new housing complex in IJburg, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2001, p. 204-205; Hochtief tower - competition, Frankfurt, Germany 2001, p. 206-207; Barcode House - private house, Munich, Germany 2001-2003, p. 208-209; Zeeburgereiland - study for regional nautical center for 900 boats and mixed-use program, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2001, p. 210-211; Waterweg Noord - study, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2001, p. 212-213; Theater Schijndel - study, Schijndel, Netherlands 2001- , p. 214-215; Starfish - study for a new TGV, Brussels, Belgium 2001, p. 216-217; Urban Eden - masterplan for the Liusha Peninsula Development, Nanning, China 2002, p. 218-221; Esplanade et Vallee - competition for WHO and UNAIDS facilities, Geneva, Switzerland 2002, p. 222-223; Biographical notes, p. 230-231…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…ASEAN Socio-Cultural Pillar -- IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION QUALIFICATION IN FACING THE ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ERA BY KERINCI REGENCY EDUCATION OFFICE -- THE USE OF ICT IN LEARNING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES -- DISASTER AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT -- RESILIENCE FAMILY EARLY MARRIAGE -- DIVORCED WOMAN THAN REMARRIED AGAIN: A SOCIAL PRACTICE IN NAGARI PADANG GANTIANG -- THE CLUSTERING ANALYSIS OF ASEAN COUNTRIES BASED ON THE PROGRESS OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INDEX -- INTEGRATING THE VOTER EDUCATION TO SCHOOL SUBJECTS IN FORMAL EDUCATION -- INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S RESPONSE TO MODERNIZATION IN KAMPUNG NAGA TASIKMALAYA DISTRICT -- ASEAN 2025: CHALLENGES IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ASEAN IDENTITY -- PSYCHO-PRAGMATIC FACTORS OF THE ACTION OF VERBAL VIOLANCE AGAINST WOMAN: A CASE ASTUDY IN DKI JAKARTA -- INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCE EDUCATION: REVIEWING THE PROGRESS IN ASEAN -- IMPORTANCE OF EARLY INFORMATION IN EARTHQUAKE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2009 -- DELIBERATIVE LEADERSHIP MODEL OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN KAMPUNG NAGA TASIKMALAYA DISTRICT -- THE EFFECT OF MATRIARCHAT CULTURE, MENTOR PROCESSING, AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ON FIRM PERFORMANCE OF FAMILY BUSINESS SUCCESSION IN MINANGKABAU WEST SUMATERA-INDONESIA -- INDONESIA IN JAPAN REARRANGES INDONESIAN NATION THROUGH THE DIASPORA EXPERIENCE PERSPECTIVE -- BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE PROJECT IN MYANMAR: CHINA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY -- Retraction Note…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introducción ; La China y el Japón ; Babel y Assur ; Egipto ; Los hebreos ; Los fenicios y sus colonias -- Los arios del Asia : indos ; Iranios : medos, persas. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Matthias Thomas xiii Preface xv Preface to Part Two xvii Acknowledgements xix List of Figures xxi Reader's Manual xxiii Part One Chapter 1 Introduction to Property Financing 3 1.1 Forms of financing: debt and equity 3 1.1.1 Debt 4 1.1.2 Equity 6 1.2 A different approach to property financing 6 1.3 Corporate finance and project finance 7 1.4 Bank financing 8 1.4.1 Property Loans to Private Individuals 9 1.4.2 Property Financing to Cover Financial Requirements 9 1.4.3 Structured Real Estate Financing 10 1.5 Fund raising, securitization, and syndication 10 1.5.1 Traditional Funding and Securitization 11 1.5.2 Funding for Real Estate Loans and Syndication 12 1.5.3 Syndication of Real Estate Loans 13 Chapter 2 Structured Real Estate Financing 15 2.1 Bank roles 17 2.2 Bank loan contractual forms 17 2.3 Loans for development projects 18 2.4 Parts and stages of a structured loan 18 2.4.1 Analysis of the Transaction and Term Sheet 19 2.4.2 Real Estate Valuation 21 2.4.3 Basics of Property Appraisal 23 2.4.4 Due Diligence Process 32 2.4.5 Legal Due Diligence 32 Chapter 3 Loan Agreement 33 3.1 Object and purpose of the loan 34 3.2 Conditions precedent 34 3.3 Amount of the loan 35 3.4 Interest rates 36 3.5 Interest rate risk hedging 38 3.5.1 Interest Rate Cap 38 3.5.2 Collar 38 3.5.3 Interest Rate Swap 38 3.6 Loan allocation 41 3.7 Loan repayment schedule 43 3.8 Fees 43 3.9 Frequency of drawdown and procedures 45 3.10 Events of default 46 3.11 Property insurance 48 3.12 Representations and warranties 49 3.13 Duty to provide information 53 3.14 Costs, taxes, and ancillary charges 56 3.15 Contractual covenants 56 3.15.1 Balance Sheet Covenants 57 3.15.2 Financial Covenants 57 Chapter 4 Loan Repayment, Interest, and Renegotiation 63 4.1 Bullet payments 63 4.2 Pre-amortizing (semi-bullet) 63 4.3 Balloon payment 64 4.4 Fully amortizing repayment plans 65 4.4.1 Fixed-Capital Loan Repayment Plan 66 4.4.2 Floating-Rate Loan Repayment Plan 68 4.4.3 Loan with Interest Rate Caps 71 4.5 Other repayment schedules 73 4.5.1 Negative Amortizing Constant Payment Loan 73 4.5.2 Declining Payment Loan with Constant Amortizing 74 4.6 Restructuring and renegotiation of real estate loans 75 4.6.1 Grant of a New Loan 76 4.6.2 Deferral of Payment Deadlines 76 4.6.3 Restructuring Arrangement 77 Chapter 5 Effects of Financial Leverage on Real Estate Investments 79 5.1 An illustration of financial leverage 80 5.2 The effects of an increase in volatility 81 5.3 The effect of financial leverage on returns 82 5.4 The effect of financial leverage on risk 82 5.5 "No Free Lunch" 84 5.6 The mechanics of financial leverage 84 5.7 The effect of the spread 85 5.8 A brief summary of when to use financial leverage 86 Chapter 6 Structured Real Estate Financing Case Studies 89 6.1 Structured financing for an income producing property 90 6.1.1 Description of the Transaction 90 6.1.2 Term Sheet for an Income Producing Property 90 6.2 Structured financing for a real estate portfolio acquisition 100 6.2.1 Description of the Portfolio Acquisition 100 6.2.2 Term Sheet for the Financing of a Real Estate Portfolio 101 6.3 Financing of a real estate development project 113 6.3.1 Description of the Residential Development Project 113 6.3.2 Term Sheet for the Development Project Loan 113 6.4 Financing a shopping centre: credit application 121 6.4.1 Players Involved 121 6.4.2 Financial Analysis and Key Figures 126 6.4.3 Risk Appraisal 128 6.4.4 Risk Rating and Risk-Reward 131 6.4.5 Conclusion and Recommendation 131 Chapter 7 Hybrid Forms of Financing 133 7.1 Description 133 7.2 Procedures for establishing mezzanine finance and cost 137 7.2.1 The Debt Component 137 7.2.2 Equity Kicker 139 7.3 Covenants in a mezzanine financing 140 7.4 Economic mechanics of hybrid financing 141 7.4.1 Mezzanine Financing for an Income Producing Property 142 7.4.2 Preferred Equity for Development Projects 144 7.5 Waterfall payout agreement 148 7.6 Intercreditor agreement 154 Chapter 8 Basel Accords and Effects on Real Estate Financing 159 8.1 Basel II 160 8.2 Basel III 160 8.3 The Basel Accords and real estate financing 161 8.4 Standardized Approach 162 8.5 IRB Foundation and Advanced methods 163 Part two Outline of the most relevant legal issues in selected jurisdictions Chapter 9 China 171 Chapter 10 England and Wales 177 Chapter 11 France 185 Chapter 12 Germany 201 Chapter 13 India 207 Chapter 14 Italy 215 Chapter 15 Spain 229 Authors 235 Giacomo Morri 235 Antonio Mazza 235 Alessandro P. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword by Michael Drummond -- Foreword by Kim Rand -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: The Development of the EQ-5D-5L and its Value Sets -- 1.1 The EQ-5D as an Instrument for Measuring and Valuing Health -- 1.2 The Development of the EQ-5D-5L -- 1.3 The need for EQ-5D-5L Values -- 1.4 The Aims of this Book -- References -- Chapter 2: The Development and Strengthening of Methods for Valuing EQ-5D-5L - An Overview -- 2.1 Development of the EQ-VT Protocol -- 2.2 Description of the EQ-VT Protocol -- 2.2.1 Contents of the Protocol -- 2.2.2 Why the cTTO Task was Adopted -- 2.2.3 Why the DCE Task was Adopted -- 2.2.4 Value Set Generation -- 2.3 How the EQ-VT Protocol Updates Evolved -- 2.4 Lessons Learned -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 3: Experimental Design for the Valuation of the EQ-5D-5L -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 EQ-VT Designs -- 3.2.1 cTTO Design -- 3.2.2 DCE Design -- 3.2.3 Other Considerations -- 3.3 Alternative cTTO Designs -- 3.4 Future Research -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Construction for Level Balance Optimisation Criterion -- Appendix B: The cTTO design of the EQ-VT -- Appendix C: The DCE design of the EQ-VT -- Appendix D: The Design Used in the Peruvian EQ-5D-5L Valuation Study -- References -- Chapter 4: EQ-5D-5L Value Set Summaries -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Methods -- 4.3 Country-by-Country Overview of Value Sets -- 4.3.1 Wave 1 -- 4.3.1.1 Country/Region: Canada (Table 4.1) -- 4.3.1.2 Country/Region: China (Table 4.5) -- 4.3.1.3 Country/Region: England (Table 4.9) -- 4.3.1.4 Country/Region: Netherlands (Table 4.13) -- 4.3.1.5 Country/Region: Spain (Table 4.17) -- 4.3.2 Wave 2 -- 4.3.2.1 Country/Region: Japan (Table 4.21) -- 4.3.2.2 Country/Region: Korea (Table 4.25) -- 4.3.2.3 Country/Region: Thailand (Table 4.29)…”

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