How Modern Science Came into the World : Four Civilizations, One 17th-Century Breakthrough / / H. Floris Cohen

• Record Nr.: UNISA996213126203316
• Autore: Cohen H. F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam University Press, 2010; Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2010; ©2010
• ISBN: 1-282-98531-0; 9786612985317; 90-485-1273-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (825 p.)
• Classificazione: TB 2355
• Disciplina: 509.409032
• Soggetti: Science, Ancient; Science - Europe - History; Science - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [743]-765) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. I. Nature-knowledge in traditional society -- pt. II. Three revolutionary transformations -- pt. III. Dynamics of the revolution.
• Sommario/riassunto: Once, the concept of 'the Scientific Revolution of the 17th century' was innovative and inspiring, yielding what is still the master narrative of the rise of modern science. That narrative, however, has turned into a straitjacket-so often events and contexts just fail to fit in. Even so, in Floris Cohen's view neither the early, theory-centered historiography nor present-day contextual and practice-oriented approaches compel us to drop the concept altogether. Instead, he offers here a narrative restructured from the ground up, by means of a comprehensive approach, sustained comparisons, and a tenacious search for underlying patterns. Key to his analysis is a vision of the Scientific Revolution as made up of six distinct, yet tightly interconnected revolutionary transformations, each of some twenty-five-to-thirty years' duration. This vision enables him to explain how modern science could come about in Europe rather than in Greece, China, or the Islamic ; world.'

Obvladovanje kreditnega tveganja pri bančnem poslovanju / Žan Jan Oplotnik, Vesna Eichmeier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910917290103321
• Autore: Oplotnik Žan Jan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement Maribor, 2013; [s.l.] : , : Lex Localis Press (Institute for Local Self-Government and Public Procurement Maribor), , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1 p.)
• Soggetti: Political Science / Political Process; Political science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Sloveno
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Risk in banking business can not be avoided because the latter is strongly embedded in the very nature of it and banks should therefore be aware of the importance of effective risk management, encompassing the identification, measurement and assessment of each type of risk. Risk management can be important source of gaining competitive advantage and a way to survive in the world of banking. One of the most important risk in bank is the credit risk. Credit risk can be defined as the potential that a bank borrower or counterparty will fail to meet its obligations. The goal of credit risk management is to maximise bank´s risk-adjusted rate of return by maintaining credit risk exposure within acceptable parameters. Banks need to manage the credit risk inherent in the entire portfolio as well as the risk in invidual credits of transaction. Banks should also consider the relationships between credit risk and other risks. The effective management of credit risk is a comprehensive component of a comprehensive approach to risk management and essential to the long-term success of bank. Risk ; management is usualy regulated by bank directives, prescriptions, where the most important in Slovenia is the Law about banking with under law acts.