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Analyzes some of the major derivatives debacles including the multi-billion losses and/or bankruptcy of Metallgesellschaft (1994), Barings Bank (1995), Long Term Capital Management (1998), Amaranth (2006), Societe Generale (2008) and AIG (2008).

A book on gravitation that starts from a simple description of geometry. It includes topics that are systematically developed to the big bang theory with a simple derivation of the cosmic background temperature. It provides several informative examples that are worked out in detail.

This book synthesizes findings regarding the political drivers of institutional change in extractive industry governance. It analyses resource governance from the late nineteenth century to the present in Bolivia, Ghana, Peru, and Zambia, focusing on the ways in which resource governance and national political settlements interact.

The second edition provides an update of the recent developments in classical and computational solid mechanics.

The rise of China is no doubt one of the most important events in world economic history since the Industrial Revolution.

The methods for teaching mathematics usually follow the structure of mathematics.

This volume explores a relatively under-researched issue: the role of domestic police forces in contending with insurgency. The cases are drawn from Central, South, and Southeast Asia, as also Africa and the Middle East. Each country-specific chapter is written by a well-established scholar who has spent considerable time in the country of study.

Intends to introduce students to basic principles of international corporate finance. This book stresses practical applications in a user-friendly format. It is suitable for both undergraduate and graduate level courses in international finance, and can be used in any part of the world as it does take a nationalistic viewpoint.