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The Tolerability of Risk: A New Framework for Risk Management A growing debate about risk regulation has sparked calls for new approaches and fresh ideas. This book provides a historical and topical...

The Perception of Risk explores how our society's concerns about modern life dangers shape our understanding of risk. Paul Slovic examines the gap between expert views and public perceptions, tracing...

Understanding Risk-Taking by Jens O. Zinn provides a systematic approach to examining the various rationales and dimensions of risk-taking in contemporary societies. By exploring the motivations and...

Risk Matters in Healthcare: Communicating, Explaining and Managing RiskThis comprehensive guide draws together the latest information on risk in healthcare, providing essential insights for all...

Project Appraisal: A Comprehensive Guide to Risk Analysis and Management Techniques This book provides an in-depth exploration of project appraisal methods, including NPV, IRR, BC Ratio, Payback...

Risk-Benefit Analysis: Second Edition by Wilson and CrouchThis comprehensive guide to risk assessment has been revised and expanded to provide logical, yet simple, analytic tools for discussing the...

Managing Risk in Community Practice Nursing explores the key issues involved in risk assessment and management. This accessible account focuses on how nurses make decisions about clients and risk,...

The Nonprofit Risk Book provides a systematic approach to identifying and managing risks that can impact your nonprofit organization. By evaluating your operations and building a list of potential...

Bite Risk by S. J. Wills is a thrilling horror-comedy that explores a world where the full moon brings out a darker side in the adults. When the Turned roam free, it's up to the young people to...

The Era of Global Risk: An Introduction to Existential Risk Studies This comprehensive collection of essays explores the biggest threats facing humanity in the 21st century, including environmental...

The Risk Management Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Managing Risk in All Its Forms. This practical guide offers expert knowledge and insights into current best practice and cutting-edge...

Risk Management: A Practical Guide to Financial Risk Management as Applied to Corporate FinanceLearn how to transform your investment and business prospects by thinking about risk in an educated way...

Strategic Risk Management: Designing Portfolios and Managing Risk is a timely guide to risk management in investment portfolios. The authors offer a new framework for portfolio design that combines...

The World Development Report 2014: Risk and Opportunity-Managing Risk for Development This report explores how countries can manage risks to achieve development goals. Over the past 25 years, many...

The Psychology of Risk by Glynis M. Breakwell provides a comprehensive review of the latest research in the field of risk psychology. Since its first edition, the global landscape has undergone...

The software development world is complex and multifaceted. To navigate its many practices, metrics, methodologies, tools, and techniques, it's essential to understand their underlying purpose:...

Seeing Tomorrow: reframing the Rules of RiskThis book presents a bold new way of thinking about risk in high-stakes investing and business. By focusing on forward-looking risk management, authors Ron...

The Philosophy of Risk by John C Chicken and Tamar Posner is a comprehensive guide to decision-making in the face of uncertainty. By examining various activities across different fields, the authors...

Assessing Risk: A Relational Approach offers a novel framework for understanding and managing risks related to violence and sexual offending. Drawing on their experience working with high-risk...

Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk: Guidelines for Clinically Based Risk Management by Robert I. Simon presents a comprehensive approach to coping with suicidal patients while protecting clinicians...

The Risks of Prescription Drugs by Donald Light explores the often-overlooked consequences of widely used prescription medications. Adverse reactions to these drugs result in significant harm,...

Living in a world where risk is constantly present, how do individuals make sense of impending crisis? This book explores the emotional factors that shape our responses to risk, highlighting a key...

Risk by John Adams explores how people respond to safety measures and why some behaviours are difficult to change. According to cultural theory, risk-taking behaviour is influenced by the perceived...

Project Risk Quantification: A Practical Guide to Managing Project Cost and Schedule Risks. This comprehensive guide provides a realistic and integrated approach to project risk quantification,...

The Little Handbook of Risk Mitigate it & Turn Threats Into Opportunities by Rob Peach is a comprehensive guide to managing risk and turning potential threats into opportunities. After 20 years of...

The Risk Society Revisited: Social Theory and Risk Governance Eugene A. Rosa, Ortwin Renn, and Aaron M. McCright explore how our understanding of risk shapes our decisions as individuals and as...

A Pre-Modern Cultural History of Risk explores how risk has been imagined and managed over time. From its origins in Islamic Koranic theology to its development in medieval law and modern...

A comprehensive guide to managing fraud risk is provided in this book. It offers a six-element strategy for understanding and mitigating fraud risks within an organisation. Practical steps are...

At Risk by Patricia Cornwell is a gripping novel that showcases the author's mastery of suspense and forensic expertise. Rich characters and intricate plotting come together in a thrilling tale that...

Engaging people to identify, own and manage risk is key to making risk management work. Despite many organisations investing time and money in setting up frameworks, processes and tools, these have...

Understanding the Risks We Take with Food Charlotte Fabiansson and Stefan Fabiansson explore the complex relationship between food and health, examining the gap between scientific research and public...

Understanding Risk in Our Permacrisis World Deborah Lupton's influential text explores how people respond to and act on threats, hazards, and dangers. In this fully revised edition, she calls for a...

Risk Parity Fundamentals by Edward E. Qian provides a practical understanding of the risk parity investment approach, shedding light on its underlying aspects and merit.Through fundamental,...

Financial Risk Forecasting: A comprehensive introduction to practical quantitative risk management, focusing on market risk. This book brings together finance, statistics, and modeling to provide a...

Cyber risk is a major concern for businesses, with digital assets now representing over 85% of an organization's value. In fact, it is the second highest perceived business risk according to U.S...

In Praise of Risk by Anne DufourmantelleThis thought-provoking book offers a critique of our modern world's tendency to avoid risk, instead exploring how it can be an essential part of living. The...

The Ten Commandments of Risk Leadership: A Behavioral Guide on Strategic Risk ManagementThis book offers a valuable resource for managers and leaders seeking to improve their risk-related...

Security Risk Management: Building an Information Security Risk Management Program from the Ground UpThis comprehensive guide provides practical techniques for managing security risks, helping you to...

Twenty years ago Ulrich Beck published Risk Society, a groundbreaking book that highlighted the dangers of environmental catastrophes and changed the way we think about contemporary societies. Today,...

Credit risk management is an often-overlooked aspect of our daily lives. Decisions about interest rates and fees affect us all, whether we're considering an auto loan, mortgage, or credit card...

Risk Communication and Community Resilience explores how accurate and timely risk information is shared with stakeholders to build community resilience. This book examines the policy and science of...

Risk Management for Islamic Banks by Rania Abdelfattah Salem provides a comprehensive guide to identifying, measuring, and mitigating risk in Sharia'h-compliant banks. The book covers key areas of...

Lara Buchak presents an original account of rational decision-making in the face of risk. Her theory challenges the conventional view that individuals should maximize expected utility to make choices...

X-Risk: How Humanity Discovered Its Own Extinction by Thomas Moynihan explores how our species came to contemplate its possible extinction. From climate change forecasts to prophecies of AI...

A Short Guide to Procurement Risk by Richard Russill provides a comprehensive approach to managing risk in procurement. Despite its importance, Procurement Risk Management is often underdeveloped,...

Ulrich Beck's World Risk Society brings together key essays by one of Europe's leading social and political theorists.This major new book draws on Beck's extensive research to explore the ways in...

World-Class Risk Management by Norman Marks offers a fresh perspective on managing risk in business. A global thought leader in risk management, Norman Marks shares his insights on how to make risk...

Rethinking Reputational Risk: How to Manage the Risks that Can Ruin Your Business, Your Reputation and YouDiscover why reputational risk is not just about corporate scandals, but also rooted in...

Financial Risk Management For Dummies is a comprehensive guide to managing and controlling financial risk within your company. Written by Aaron Brown, this book provides thorough and accessible...

Environmental Risks and the Media explores how environmental risks are represented, transformed, and contested by the media. As concerns about the environment continue to grow, the media's role in...

Understanding and Managing Risk Attitude by David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster is a practical guide to addressing the human aspects of risk management. Many organizations struggle with effective...

Strategic Risk and Crisis Management: A Handbook for Modelling and Managing Complex Risks is a comprehensive guide to preparing organizations for high-impact events. Written by a recognized global...

A Short Guide to Risk Appetite by David Hillson and Ruth Murray-Webster provides practical guidance on setting risk thresholds that take into account organisational culture and individual preferences...

Risk: A Very Short Introduction explores the many kinds of risk that arise from our own acts and are imposed upon us. From genetically modified crops to online predators, identity theft, inflation,...

Market Risk Analysis: Quantitative Methods in Finance is an accessible introduction to financial analysis for readers with some quantitative background. Written by leading market risk academic Carol...

The Reputation Risk Handbook: Building a Sustainable Framework for Managing Reputation Crisis. Reputation risk is a strategic and potentially material risk that requires clear understanding by...

The Politics of Risk Society by Jane Franklin explores the dynamic forces transforming our society and the need for new politics to engage with people's lived experience. This book delves into how we...

Stan McChrystal's Control: A Leader's Guide to Risk is a practical guide for navigating uncertainty in business and life. By focusing on ten key dimensions of control, McChrystal offers a framework...

Cyber Intelligence-Driven Risk is a guide to building and using cyber intelligence for business risk decisions. In today's complex digital landscape, business decisions and cyber event responses have...

The NASA Risk Management Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to managing risk in complex projects and programs. First introduced at NASA in the late 1990s, risk management has become an integral...

High Risk: Children Without A Conscience by Ken MagidThis book addresses one of society's greatest problems: children who grow up to be charmers, con artists, amoral entrepreneurs, thieves, drug...

Financial Risk Management Fundamentals by Jason Schenker provides an essential guide to understanding and managing financial risks. This book explores nine different types of financial and...

This comprehensive textbook provides an in-depth overview of insurance mathematics and related topics in risk management, financial mathematics, and probability. It covers both non-life and life...

Disaster Risk offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. This book covers a wide range of topics, reflecting recent debates as well as older...

Strategic Risk Leadership: Context and Cases provides a comprehensive approach to risk management, drawing on real-world examples from global organizations. This casebook builds on the first book in...

Dr. Piper Hamilton has learned to keep people at arm's length after being responsible for someone's death. Now, she's being stalked and a man who's been attracted to her for years is offering his...

The Equity Risk Premium: A New Basis for Asset Allocation Choices By Bradford Cornell, John Wiley & Sons Understanding the equity risk premium has long been a complex task. This book provides an...

Risk Management by Simon Ashby provides a comprehensive guide to managing risk in various aspects of life and business. This book offers practical advice and strategies for identifying, assessing,...

The Risk-Driven Business Model: Four Questions that Will Define Your CompanyHow to outsmart risk and create wealth in business. Risk has been defined as the potential for losing something of value,...

Understanding project risks and their impact on cost is crucial for successful project management. However, traditional cost risk analyses often fail to account for the complex relationships between...

The Risks of Medical Innovation: A Historical Perspective on Risk Perception and Assessment This book presents a new approach to understanding the risks involved in medical innovation. By examining...

Understanding young people's risk-taking activities is often reduced to simplistic notions of 'poor choices' or hedonism. However, this new perspective on risk-taking in young lives reveals the...

A Game of Risk by Bella Forrest is a paranormal romance novel that explores the complexities of love and truth. Set in a world where relationships come with risks, this story invites readers to...

Unsecured Lending Risk Management: A Practitioner's Guide by Frank Tian provides a comprehensive introduction to risk management practices in the unsecured lending industry. Drawing on his extensive...

Balancing Risks: Great Power Intervention in the Periphery by Jeffrey W. Taliaferro explores why powerful countries engage in risky military and diplomatic actions in distant regions, often leading...

The Art of Risk by Richard Harris is an exploration of the lives of individuals who regularly put themselves in harm's way, and what we can learn from their experiences.Through conversations with...

Stan McChrystal presents a new system for responding to risk in business and life. He identifies ten dimensions of control that can be adjusted at any given time, including narrative, bias, action,...

Risk: The New Management Imperative in Finance by James T. Gleason is a practical guide for financial firms looking to streamline and perfect their risk management techniques.Financial professionals...

Risk Thinking is a book about codifying common sense in a world of radical uncertainty. Our brains are wired to think forward, to imagine future situations, and to plan for the unknown.This approach...

Disaster Risk and Vulnerability Mitigation Through Mobilizing Communities and Partnerships by David Etkin and Chowdhury Emdadul Haque is a comprehensive assessment of the human toll and economic...

The Second Bounce Of The Ball: Turning Risk Into Opportunity by Ronald Cohen In business, uncertainty can be daunting. However, successful entrepreneurs know how to turn risk into opportunity. This...

The Essentials of Risk Management, Third Edition McGraw Hill, 2023, 609 pages, Hardcover A comprehensive guide to risk management, fully updated to address the changing landscape of finance and...

Life was never meant to be easy. In fact, Jesus' own life was marked by resistance and persecution. Yet, most of us prefer to play it safe, pursuing comfort and security above all else. But what kind...

Understanding and managing risk in finance is crucial for any organization looking to remain competitive. This book provides a comprehensive guide to mathematical finance, covering the latest...

Frank Knight's influential work "Risk, Uncertainty and Profit" (1921) remains a seminal text in economics. In it, Knight distinguished between "risk" and "uncertainty", outlining the role of...

The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis is a gripping narrative that delves into the inner workings of the US government under the Trump administration. A stark contrast to the ideal of...

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk In this unique exploration of the role of risk in our society, Peter Bernstein argues that the notion of bringing risk under control is one of the...

Nate Silver's latest book, On the Edge, delves into the world of professional risk takers, exploring how they navigate uncertainty and shape modern life. By examining the mindset and strategies of...

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein is an engaging exploration of the role of risk in our society. This unique book chronicles the intellectual adventure that...

The world is facing unprecedented challenges. The Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 presents a stark picture: despite progress, risk creation is outstripping risk reduction...

Dan Porter has a bold idea - to leave behind his high-powered job and start anew in Scotland. He envisions a life of simplicity, running a mail order business with his wife Jackie. But as they...

Global Catastrophic Risks explores the most significant threats facing humanity in the 21st century. Twenty-five leading experts examine the dangers posed by asteroid impacts, gamma-ray bursts,...

The Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide provides a comprehensive guide to managing risk in projects. This second edition builds on the success of its predecessor, offering the latest practices...

Mary Elmes: A Life of Bravery and Sacrifice In 1939, Mary Elmes risked everything to help those in need. Born in Cork in 1908, she had already demonstrated remarkable courage by volunteering to aid...

Certified Quantitative Risk Management (CQRM) is a comprehensive guide to managing financial risk. Written by Johnathan Mun, this book provides a detailed overview of the principles and practices of...

Risk: The Science and Politics of Fear by Dan GardnerOur lives are the safest in history, yet anxiety has become a daily reality. In this thought-provoking book, Dan Gardner explores how our...

The ATOM Methodology for practical project risk management has been updated to reflect the latest developments in this critical aspect of project management. This third edition builds upon the...

Assessing risk is a critical challenge in child protection work. This book provides a clear and accessible guide to understanding risk and its role in practice. It explores what risk means, how it...

Cognitive Risk: Understanding and Managing Human Error in Decision-Making. This book explores the pervasive risks associated with human decision-making, revealing how our subconscious biases and...

No Risk Ranching: Custom Grazing on Leased Land by Greg Judy is a practical guide for young graziers looking to establish a successful farming operation. After facing financial hardship and losing...