Strategic risk taking : a framework for risk management / Aswath Damodaran.
Material type: TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Wharton School ; London : Pearson Education [distributor], c2008.Description: xviii, 388 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 9780131990487 (hbk.) :
- 0131990489 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 658.155 DAM
- HD61 .D23 2008
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 658.155 DAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00211157 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is risk? -- Why do we care about risk? -- What do we think about risk? -- How do we measure risk? -- Risk-adjusted value -- Probabilistic approaches: scenario analysis, decision trees, and simulations -- Value at risk (VaR) -- Real options -- Risk management: the big picture -- Risk management: profiling and hedging -- Strategic risk management -- Risk management: first principles.
This is a groundbreaking book that redefines risk in business as a potentially powerful rather than negative strategy to help increase profits.