03767nam 2200613 450 991046606710332120180327155243.01-63157-542-2(CKB)3710000001083610(OCoLC)975036329(BEP)4814068(CaBNVSL)swl00407195(MiAaPQ)EBC4814068(EXLCZ)99371000000108361020170309d2017 fy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierRethinking risk management critically examining old ideas and new concepts /Rick NasonFirst edition.New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :Business Expert Press,2017.1 online resource (xvii, 124 pages)Finance and financial management collection,2331-00571-63157-541-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. What is risk? -- 2. Have we lost the plot? -- 3. What is complexity? -- 4. What causes risk? -- 5. Are risk frameworks evil? -- 6. Does risk management add value? -- 7. Should risk management be based on process or judgment? -- 8. How do you create a great risk culture? -- 9. Is your risk management too good? -- 10. What is the future of risk management? -- Index.Risk management has become a key factor of successful organizations. Despite risk management's importance, outdated and inappropriate ideas about how to manage risk dominate. This book challenges existing paradigms of risk management and provides readers with new concepts and tools for the current dynamic risk management environment. This book has two major origins: The first is a series of executive workshops that I have been conducting for the last several years for a major international company. The second origin is an innovative and popular course on enterprise risk management that I have developed and delivered for MBA students. The book reflects these two origins in that it covers both the current base of risk management knowledge but critically examines that base by exploring emerging risk management ideas and concepts. The framework for the book is a series of questions that allows for an interesting and thought-provoking look at current ideas and forward-looking concepts. This book, intended for senior managers, directors, risk managers, students of risk management, and all others who need to be concerned about risk management and strategy, provides a solid base for not only understanding current best practice in risk management, but also the conceptual tools for exploiting emerging risk management technologies, metrics, regulations, and ideas. The central thesis is that risk management is a value-adding activity that all types of organizations, public, private as well as not-for-profit, can use for competitive advantage and maximum effectiveness.Finance and financial management collection.2331-0057Risk managementLibros electronicos.ambiguitycomplexitydecision makingenterprise risk managementhedgingmanagement of complexityregulationrisk managementrisk mitigationstrategic analysisuncertaintyvolatilityVUCARisk management.658.155Nason Rick874317FINmELBFINmELBBOOK9910466067103321Rethinking risk management1952202UNINA01409nam a2200409 i 450099100132586970753620020507191411.0951004s1981 us ||| | eng 0387906436b10831873-39ule_instLE01310546ExLDip.to Matematicaeng515.35AMS 34C35AMS 34GAMS 58D25AMS 58FAMS 60G10Saperstone, Stephen H.58424Semidynamical systems in infinite dimensional spaces /Stephen H. SaperstoneNew York :Springer-Verlag,c1981474 p. :ill. ;24 cm.Applied mathematical sciences ;37Bibliography: p. 447-464.Includes indexesDifferentiable dynamical systemsDifferential equations in absract spacesEquations in function spacesFunction spacesStationary processesTopological imbeddings.b1083187323-02-1728-06-02991001325869707536LE013 58D SAP11 (1981)12013000036649le013-E0.00-l- 00000.i1094089328-06-02Semidynamical Systems in Infinite Dimensional Spaces384547UNISALENTOle01301-01-95ma -engus 0105545nam 22007333u 450 991079713780332120230807215758.00-19-106084-4(CKB)3710000000420274(EBL)2048513(OCoLC)911246432(SSID)ssj0001535833(PQKBManifestationID)11892262(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001535833(PQKBWorkID)11502812(PQKB)11229147(MiAaPQ)EBC2048513(EXLCZ)99371000000042027420151123d2015|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrA College Course on Relativity and Cosmology[electronic resource]Oxford OUP Oxford20151 online resource (724 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-102832-0 0-19-969341-2 Cover; Preface; Contents; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Relativity as a coordinate symmetry; 1.1.1 Coordinate transformations; 1.1.2 The principle of relativity; 1.2 Einstein and relativity; 1.2.1 The new kinematics; 1.2.2 GR as a field theory of gravitation; Review questions; 2 Special Relativity: The New Kinematics; 2.1 Einstein's two postulates and Lorentz transformation; 2.1.1 Relativity of simultaneity and the new conception of time; 2.1.2 Coordinate-dependent time leads to Lorentz transformation; 2.2 Physics implications of Lorentz transformation; 2.2.1 Time dilation and length contraction2.2.2 The invariant interval and proper time2.3 Two counterintuitive scenarios as paradoxes; Review questions; 3 Special Relativity: Flat Spacetime; 3.1 Geometric formulation of relativity; 3.2 Tensors in special relativity; 3.2.1 Generalized coordinates: bases and the metric; 3.2.2 Velocity and momentum 4-vectors; 3.2.3 Electromagnetic field 4-tensor; 3.2.4 The energy-momentum-stress 4-tensor for a field system; 3.3 The spacetime diagram; 3.3.1 Invariant regions and causal structure; 3.3.2 Lorentz transformation in the spacetime diagram; Review questions4 Equivalence of Gravitation and Inertia4.1 Seeking a relativistic theory of gravitation; 4.1.1 Newtonian potential: a summary; 4.1.2 Einstein's motivation for general relativity; 4.2 The equivalence principle: from Galileo to Einstein; 4.2.1 Inertial mass vs. gravitational mass; 4.2.2 Einstein: ''my happiest thought''; 4.3 EP leads to gravitational time dilation and light deflection; 4.3.1 Gravitational redshift and time dilation; 4.3.2 Relativity and the operation of GPS; 4.3.3 The EP calculation of light deflection; 4.3.4 Energetics of light transmission in a gravitational fieldReview questions5 General Relativity as a Geometric Theory of Gravity; 5.1 Metric description of a curved manifold; 5.1.1 Gaussian coordinates and the metric tensor; 5.1.2 The geodesic equation; 5.1.3 Local Euclidean frames and the flatness theorem; 5.2 From the equivalence principle to a metric theory of gravity; 5.2.1 Curved spacetime as gravitational field; 5.2.2 GR as a field theory of gravitation; 5.3 Geodesic equation as the GR equation of motion; 5.3.1 The Newtonian limit; Review questions; 6 Einstein Equation and its Spherical Solution; 6.1 Curvature: a short introduction6.2 Tidal gravity and spacetime curvature6.2.1 Tidal forces-a qualitative discussion; 6.2.2 Deviation equations and tidal gravity; 6.3 The GR field equation; 6.3.1 Einstein curvature tensor; 6.3.2 Einstein field equation; 6.3.3 Gravitational waves; 6.4 Geodesics in Schwarzschild spacetime; 6.4.1 The geometry of a spherically symmetric spacetime; 6.4.2 Curved spacetime and deflection of light; 6.4.3 Precession of Mercury's orbit; Review questions; 7 Black Holes; 7.1 Schwarzschild black holes; 7.1.1 Time measurements around a black hole; 7.1.2 Causal structure of the Schwarzschild surface7.1.3 Binding energy to a black hole can be extremely largeThis advanced undergraduate text introduces Einstein's general theory of relativity. The topics covered include geometric formulation of special relativity, the principle of equivalence, Einstein's field equation and its spherical-symmetric solution, as well as cosmology. An emphasis is placed on physical examples and simple applications without the full tensor apparatus. It begins by examining the physics of the equivalence principle and looks at how it inspiredEinstein's idea of curved spacetime as the gravitational field. At a more mathematically accessible level, it provides a metric descrRelativity (Physics)TextbooksSpace and timeGravityBlack holes (Astronomy)CosmologyPhysicsHILCCPhysical Sciences & MathematicsHILCCPhysics - GeneralHILCCAtomic PhysicsHILCCRelativity (Physics)Space and timeGravityBlack holes (Astronomy)CosmologyPhysicsPhysical Sciences & MathematicsPhysics - GeneralAtomic Physics530.11Cheng Ta-Pei53500AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910797137803321A College Course on Relativity and Cosmology3863308UNINA01485oam 2200433 450 991014033430332120170523091600.01-4205-0314-6(OCoLC)496519335(MiFhGG)GVRL3GSQ(EXLCZ)99258000000000133020091207d2010 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrEllen DeGeneres /by Katie SharpDetroit, Mich. :Lucent Books,2010.1 online resource (96 pages) color illustrationsPeople in the newsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4205-0234-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: lessons in perseverance -- Growing up Ellen -- Finding Ellen -- The courage to stand up -- Coming out: "the puppy episode" -- The Ellen DeGeneres Show.Profiles the life and career of comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres.People in the news.Women comediansUnited StatesBiographyTelevision personalitiesUnited StatesBiographyWomen comediansTelevision personalities792.7028092Sharp Katie1239527MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910140334303321Ellen DeGeneres2875987UNINA