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The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant 'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Banks, Erik (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Finance and capital markets.
Subjects:
Finance.
Accounting/Auditing.
Banking.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.
Risk Management.
Accounting.
Banks and banking.
Bookkeeping.
Leadership.
Macroeconomics.
Risk management.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The risk process commonly used in the corporate world to deal with risks may be suitable for non-catastrophic events, but not for extreme events. By analyzing a series of past disasters and the relevant 'lessons learned', this books proposes a series of prescriptive measures to cope with future disasters.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (VIII, 213 pages)
ISBN:9780230243323
DOI:10.1057/9780230243323