Insurance category: 1053 books
Trust in Cooperative Risk Management
Uncertainty and Scepticism in the Public Mind
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Trust is an important factor in risk management, affecting judgements of risk and benefit, technology acceptance and other forms of cooperation. In this book the world?s leading risk researchers explore all aspects of trust as it relates to risk management and communication. Drawing on a wide variety...
Social Contours of Risk
Volume I: Publics, Risk Communication and the Social
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2012
We live in a 'risk society' where the identification, distribution and management of risks, from new technology, environmental factors or other sources are crucial to our individual and social existence. In The Social Contours of Risk, Volumes I and II, two of the world's leading and most influential...
by Carlo C. Jaeger, Thomas Webler, Eugene A. Rosa
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Risk as we now know it is a wholly new phenomenon, the by-product of our ever more complex and powerful technologies. In business, policy making, and in everyday life, it demands a new way of looking at technological and environmental uncertainty. In this definitive volume, four of the world's leading...
Natech Risk Assessment and Management
Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Natech Risk Assessment and Management: Reducing the Risk of Natural-Hazard Impact on Hazardous Installations covers the entire spectrum of issues pertinent to Natech risk assessment and management. After a thorough introduction of the topic that includes definitions of terms, authors Krausmann, Cruz,...
by Rolf K. Eckhoff
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Explosion Hazards in the Process Industries, Second Edition, delivers the most current and comprehensive content for today’s process engineer. Process safety and petrochemical engineers inherently accept that there is a risk of explosions when working on process facilities such as plants and refineries....
Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry
Evolution and Interaction with Parallel Disciplines in the Perspective of Industrial Application
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2016
Dynamic Risk Analysis in the Chemical and Petroleum Industry focuses on bridging the gap between research and industry by responding to the following questions:
What are the most relevant developments of risk analysis?
How can these studies help industry in the prevention of major accidents?
Paltrinieri...
Rethinking Bhopal
A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2016
Rethinking Bhopal: A Definitive Guide to Investigating, Preventing, and Learning from Industrial Disasters is the go-to source for anyone seeking to learn how to improve process safety management (PSM) through applying fundamental asset reliability and incident investigation concepts.
The seeds...
by Richard M Scheffler
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
This Handbook covers major topics in global health economics and public policy and provides a timely, systematic review of the field. Edited by Richard M Scheffler, Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy and Director of the Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research...
Human Factors in the Chemical and Process Industries
Making it Work in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2016
Human Factors in the Chemical and Process Industries: Making it Work in Practice is a comprehensive overview of human factors within this sector, focusing on the practical application. It has been written by acknowledged industry experts from the Keil Centre, which is a leading practice of chartered...
by Steven Coombs, David Thamann
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Workers Compensation Guide: Coverage and Financing, Third Edition is the single source that guides you through the entire spectrum of issues and considerations in the complex area of workers compensation. From exclusions, to limits of liability, endorsements, and policy wording this unique resource delivers valuable, expert insights every step of the way
Redefining Risk & Return
The Economic Red Phone Explained
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
This book is the first attempt to re-define objective risk. It addresses the cost of running out of capital as a generalized cost syndrome and explains how it is possible to describe this cost in such a way as to give it practical, real-life significance for personal finances, company finances and...
Genomics and Society
Legal, Ethical and Social Dimensions
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
The impact of genomics on society has been the focus of debate and conflict across the world. Contrasting views of risks and benefits, trust in science and regulation, the understanding of science, media coverage and mobilization of the public by civil society groups all have been cited as drivers...
The Reform of the German Health Sector: Integrated Service Delivery Systems - Cost Containment and Quality Enhancement - Attaining Diverging Ends by Similar Means
Cost Containment and Quality Enhancement - Attaining Diverging Ends by Similar Means
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2006
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Economy - Health Economics, grade: 1.3, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg (Institute of Social Medicine and Health Economics), 81 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: With reforms in the years 2000 and 2004, respectively,...