This collection empirically and conceptually advances our understanding of the intricacies of emerging markets’ financial and macroeconomic development in the post-2008 crisis context. Covering a vast geography and a broad range of economic viewpoints, this study serves as an informed guide in the unchartered waters of fundamental uncertainty as it has been redefined in the post-crisis period…
This open textbook is a living document of knowledge and skills needed by finance students and professionals to design, govern, and invest financial resources from savings set aside during the working years, either by law (e.g., Canada Pension Plan), by mutual agreement (e.g. occupational pension plan), or privately (e.g. Registered Retirement Savings Plan, Tax-Free Savings Plan). Saving for re…
This book explains how investor behavior, from mental accounting to the combustible interplay of hope and fear, affects financial economics. The transformation of portfolio theory begins with the identification of anomalies. Gaps in perception and behavioral departures from rationality spur momentum, irrational exuberance, and speculative bubbles. Behavioral accounting undermines the rational p…
This book will give readers an up-to-date understanding of occupational pensions, the economic issues they face, and some suggestions of how these issues can be tackled. The first section explains the operation of defined benefit and defined contribution pensions, along with some descriptive statistics. The second section covers selected aspects of occupational pensions. The focus of these firs…
Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation explores the rich diversity of the meanings associated with the mirror and reflection in literature by women on the basis of the works of the Persian Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) and her American contemporary Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). These two poets astutely employed mirror images for the realization as well as for communication of their turbulent psycho…
Geosains Perminyakan: Konteks India; Bab 1. Evolusi Lempeng-Tektonik dari Cekungan Laut Dalam yang Berdampingan dengan Batas Benua Barat India-Model yang Diusulkan untuk Skenario Pembukaan Awal. Bab 2. Rift Grabens dan Arsitektur Kerak Lepas Pantai Pantai Timur Laut-Cekungan Mahanadi, Batas Benua Timur India. Bab 3. Studi CO2 EOR dalam Model Sektor dari Ladang Minyak Matur, Cambay Basin, India.…
Geologi perminyakan terdiri dari disiplin ilmu geologi yang paling penting untuk penemuan dan pemulihan minyak dan gas. Karena sebagian besar minyak bumi yang jelas dan "mudah ditemukan" telah ditemukan, maka perlu menggunakan metode canggih dalam eksplorasi cekungan sedimen. Ini termasuk teknik geofisika tingkat lanjut dan pemodelan cekungan. Ada juga lebih banyak penekanan sekarang pada penin…
Mass Customization examines the business opportunities, considerations, and challenges manufacturers in various industries must weigh before committing to the significant investment in machinery and software needed to go to mass customization. For manufacturers who decide that it’s time to take the plunge, the author describes the proven methods and latest technologies for making mass customi…
This book takes an in-depth look at the software industry as a major factor in future global economic performance. It explores how software-based companies are a significant factor behind economic growth and serve as important bridge builders between industries. Countries with a weak and underdeveloped software industry risk being left behind in the 21st century. The book examines the case o…
Edited by two leading academics in this area, and with contributions from 25 prominent market practitioners and academics over 16 chapters, this Handbook covers shipping finance and banking, maritime financial management and investments. As such, it includes: shipping markets; asset backed finance; shipbuilding finance; debt finance; public and private equity and debt markets; structured financ…