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Managing risk in extreme environments : front-line business lessons for corporates and financial institutions / Duncan Martin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Duncan.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Risk management.
- Emergency management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 181 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Kogan Page, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Risk management is discussed across nine extreme environments, from epidemics to nuclear meltdowns, featuring international interviews with front-line personnel The final chapters outline the author's 'seven laws' of extreme risk management
- Contents:
- Half Title Page; Title Page; Imprint; Contents; Preface: One winter's day in Kabul; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1 Case Studies; Chapter 1 Epidemic; Chapter 2 Wildfire; Chapter 3 Terrorism; Chapter 4 Extreme humanitarian aid; Chapter 5 Mountain; Chapter 6 Meltdown; Chapter 7 Extraction; Chapter 8 Flood; Chapter 9 Earthquake; Part 2 Themes; Chapter 10 Managing risk in extreme environments; Chapter 11 So what?; Chapter 12 The seven laws of extreme risk management; 'Best of' resources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-172) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9786611091811
- 9781281091819
- 1281091812
- 9780749452889
- 0749452889
- OCLC:
- 435747655
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