Authors:Magnus Enquist, Stefano Ghirlanda,
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: behavior, ecology, monographs, neural, networks
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2005-08-15
List price: $57.50
ISBN-10: 0691096333
ISBN-13: 9780691096339

How can we make better sense of animal behavior by using what we know about the brain? This is the first book that attempts to answer this important question by applying neural network theory. Scientists create Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to make models of the brain. These networks mimic the architecture of a nervous system by connecting elementary neuron-like units into networks in which they stimulate or inhibit each other’s activity in much the same way neurons do. This book shows how scientists can employ ANNs to analyze animal behavior, explore the general principles of the ne

Authors:Stefano Campus, Secondo Barbero, Stefano Bovo, Ferruc
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Keywords: risks, natural, prevention, evaluation
Number of Pages: 470
Published: 2007-10-18
List price: $185.95
ISBN-10: 0415413869
ISBN-13: 9780415413862

The assessment and prevention of risks inherent to natural phenomena is of topical interest to the scientific community and other authorities dealing with territorial management. Historical analysis carried out in the Piemonte-territory in north-western Italy, focusing on the consequences of hydrogeological risks, reveals that damage is continually increasing. This can partly be explained by the consistent expansion of urbanized areas at the expense of areas that are essential to the natural modelling processes of the region; the damage resulting from hydrogeological instability often being as

Author: Stefano Zambon and Giuseppe Marzo Stefano Za
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: knowledge, economy, reporting, measuring, intangibles, visualising
Number of Pages: 282
Published: 2007-11-12
List price: $114.95
ISBN-10: 0754646289
ISBN-13: 9780754646280

Despite the now widely recognised importance of the intangibles assets of intellectual capital, they can still appear to be poorly understood by both academics and practitioners. Yet the necessity for adopting a brand new approach to their reporting, measurement, and management is now clear. This book is addressed to this clear need and seeks to offers solutions. The book gives room to new perspectives which broaden the breadth of the investigation and therefore the book’s scope.

Authors:Stefano Caselli, Stefano Gatti,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: wealth, management, challenge, new, family, business, banking
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-03-14
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540227989
ISBN-13: 9783540227984

What is Banking for Family Business? What’s special about it? How does the Family Banker contribute to the creation of value for entrepreneur families? The book covers a wide spectrum of topics: it investigates the ways family bankers really work, the relations between private banking and corporate banking, the trends of the market in Europe and USA, the characteristics of family offices coming both from family and from banks and finally the best practices driven by private banking international houses. The book is based on a strong link between a rigorous methodological approach and the

Authors:Stefano Caselli, Stefano Gatti,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: finance, springer, market, techniques, structured, products
Number of Pages: 206
Published: 2005-07-26
List price: $119.00
ISBN-10: 3540253114
ISBN-13: 9783540253112

In recent years, financial engineering has developed new ways of financing deals based primarily on the capacity of the operations to generate sufficient cash for the repayment of loans or bonds. The business of structured finance has then become an interesting business area for non-financial companies, investment and commercial banks and consultants. In terms of volumes, it shows figures easily comparable to other, more traditional, sources of funding. This book provides the reader with an analysis of the characteristics of structured finance deals – asset-backed securitization, project fi

Authors:Stefano Caselli, Stefano Gatti,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: approach, system, euro, capital, venture
Number of Pages: 421
Published: 2003-09-29
List price: $129.00
ISBN-10: 3540402349
ISBN-13: 9783540402343

Venture Capital. A Euro-System Approach covers a wide spectrum of topics: it investigates the way venture capital really works, the relations between venture capital, corporate banking and stock exchanges, market trends in Europe and the US, legal issues related to the creation of venture capital firms and closed end funds, and finally regulatory and economic policy issues. The book is based on a strong link between a rigorous methodological approach and real world best practices of venture capitalists - thanks to a team of contributors formed by both academics and professionals of different f

Authors:Stefano Simontacchi, Stefano Simontacchi, Uwe Stosch
Publisher: Kluwer Law International
Keywords: regulatory, tax, perspective, trusts, investment, global, real, estate, guide
Number of Pages: 584
Published: 2010-02-25
List price: $358.00
ISBN-10: 9041128468
ISBN-13: 9789041128461

Guide to Global Real Estate Investment Trusts will feature a comprehensive analysis of both the legal and tax underpinnings of REIT-friendly legislation in the world s most significant national jurisdictions. With regard to the legal framework, the structure and functioning of a REIT will be thoroughly investigated. In particular, the issue of whether a REIT is a special vehicle regulated as such by national legislation or, instead, any company vehicle may qualify as a real estate investment fund so long as its activity is limited to effecting and managing real estate investments whether th