MASTERING RISK
Mastering Risk Volume 1:
Concepts provides a comprehensive overview of the important concepts of risk management.
As risk experts, leading academic specialists and practitioners in the day-to-day
environment of risk management, the contributors provide a well-balanced look at risk from
every angle and attitude.
This includes:
risk measurement
risk strategy
financial risk
operational risk
regulation and political risk
insurance and systemic risk
emerging issues in risk
extreme events risk
management.
Readers will not need
advanced mathematical skills or financial expertise to understand the concepts presented,
and the book touches on a wide range of disciplines, such as psychology, investment, law,
statistics, and marketing. The practical relevance of the concepts is highlighted
throughout with recent examples and short case studies.
Mastering Risk Volume 1
traces the development of concepts and introduces the latest ideas from US and European
perspectives.
Mastering Risk Volume 2:
Application takes a more detailed look at the theory behind risk management and shows you
how to apply the concepts discussed in this book to your business. This companion title
will be available soon
324 pages