Robert C. Camp's best-selling book, Benchmarking, served as the premier resource on measuring corporate performance. Now, his newest title, Business Process Benchmarking, provides the most up-to-date information to show readers how to conduct successful benchmarking projects. Readers will discover how to: use Camp's renowned 10-step benchmarking process to achieve peak performance; analyze the …
"A step-by-step guide for turning information into advantage This book describes a ten-step method that empowers companies to transform their information into knowledge, helping managers develop and maintain a balanced knowledge plan, solve information shortfalls, and take advantage of the information at their fingertips."
Wealth management is one of the areas in which banks and other personal financial services players are investing heavily. But the market is changing fast. Going forward, players therefore need to adapt their strategies to the new realities: what worked in the past will not, for the most part, be appropriate in the future. This unique book, written by a former McKinsey consultant, offers an up-t…
"An entertaining introduction to a very serious and complex issue Internal control is no longer the exclusive domain of highly trained accountants on the internal auditing staff. Corporate boards, CEOs, and employees at virtually every level are now seen as responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring these controls; few, however, have the training and background needed to fulfill t…
To accommodate sweeping global economic changes, the risk management field has evolved substantially since the first edition of "Value at Risk", making this revised edition a must. Updates include a new chapter on liquidity risk, information on the latest risk instruments and the expanded derivatives market, recent developments in Monte Carlo methods, and more. "Value at Risk, Second Edition", …
Implementing Value at Risk Philip Best Value at Risk (VAR) is an estimate of the potential loss on a trading or investment portfolio. Its use has swept the banking world and is now accepted as an essential tool in any risk manager's briefcase. Perhaps the greatest strength of VAR is that it can cope with virtually all financial products, from simple securities through to complex exotic derivati…