Firms need a risk scorecard. While banks invest significantly in risk management, it is questionable if these programs work. This book responds to this gap by proposing the Banking Risk Balanced Scorecard (BRBS) to enhance competitive advantage and stakeholder value.
As the use of physical currency diminishes, investors can access digital assets like Bitcoin and NFTs. This book provides aspiring investors and stakeholders with a fundamental understanding of digital finance, crypto-currency exchanges, and regulatory mechanisms.
Explore how deep learning and AI are revolutionising agriculture. This book examines current uses, from crop monitoring to precision farming, and looks ahead to future developments, providing the knowledge necessary to grow the future of food production.
One Republic, Multiple Fiefdoms
This book argues that public administration reform is not a purely technical process. It highlights the socio-political and cultural barriers that must be surmounted to sustain gains. It reveals a ‘hard’ environment of informal fiefdoms gripping the formal, ‘soft’ state.
Publishers, Profits and Poverty
In 19th-century Bohemian Fleet Street, radical publishers campaigned for political reform while a market for sensational literature boomed. This book charts the lives of around 100 of these figures, highlighting new information about the forgotten pioneers of popular literature.
Discover advanced methods to isolate and scale bioactive compounds. Explore cutting-edge techniques, AI, and bioinformatics that accelerate discovery. Through real-world case studies, this book bridges research and industrial application, offering insights to shape the future.
In 1756, celebrated novelist Charlotte Lennox translated a novel by the controversial French intellectual Madame de Tencin. Knowing it was penned by a woman, Lennox serialized it in her feminist magazine. This is the first reprint in two centuries.
In India, individuals cannot escape the inequalities of gender, ethnic, and social hierarchies, a struggle for survival and status. This volume highlights these realities through four decades of empirical anthropological research across India, considering their historical roots.
Street to Shelter Homes
This book delves into the challenges of street children in Bangladesh, examining the interplay of poverty, abuse, and child labour. It offers practical strategies and unique insights for social workers, policymakers, and educators to address the vulnerability of these children.
This book presents a tool for legal translation that compares concepts across legal cultures. Based on their overlap, it navigates translators toward reasoned solutions. Includes case studies from English common law and Slovak continental law. For practitioners and academics.
Freelance English Teaching in Eastern Europe
An invaluable guide to freelance English teaching in Eastern Europe, with exclusive insights on combining work with travel. This information-rich account is essential for teacher-travelers, career-minded graduates, and ELT entrepreneurs.
Biology of the Indian Stingless Bee
This book covers all aspects of the Indian stingless bee, including its distribution, biology, foraging behaviour, conservation, and products. It provides valuable insights for beekeepers, researchers, and students, offering practical guidance on managing these vital pollinators.
An in-depth analysis of three plant species and their allelopathic potential. This research uncovers how these plants can be sustainably used in agro-ecosystem management, offering ecological solutions for agriculture ideal for researchers, students, and practitioners.
This book describes a new interpretation of the Standard Model based on relations between particle masses and stable intervals in nuclear data. A combined analysis of these two data sets is performed for the first time, revealing many new relations based on the electron.
Saliva is emerging as a diagnostic alternative to blood. This book provides clinicians, researchers, and students with the latest advances in saliva-diagnostics, critically reviewing biomolecules, biomarker validation, applications for systemic diseases, and key technologies.
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Southern Portugal’s Sacred Celebrations
Journey through the 72 Marian feasts of Portugal’s Algarve, where Catholic heritage and local culture intertwine. This visually captivating book explores the sacred processions, pilgrimages, and rituals that express the region’s unique blend of faith, community, and devotion.
Sustainable construction’s complexity often leaves a gap between design and implementation. This book explores how knowledge is shared within project teams, revealing hidden communication pathways and offering practical strategies to ensure higher quality sustainable building.
This manual presents a systematic approach to bone marrow procurement and examination. It is a contemporary reference for haematologists, oncologists, medical students, physicians, technologists, and nurses, consolidating a growing body of information in one working reference.
William Gilpin and Letter Writing
This first-time edition of William Gilpin’s letter-writing manual offers moral models for young men. Its counterpart is his personal correspondence with his grandson, revealing intimate details of his daily life, domestic concerns, and the art of being a grand-father.