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Environmental, Social and Governance and Sustainable Development in Healthcare

Environmental, Social and Governance and Sustainable Development in Healthcare

Tiffany Cheng Han Leung; Wang-Kin Chiu; Cindy Shi-Xiang You; Ben Yuk Fai Fong

SPRINGER VERLAG, SINGAPORE
2024
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This book applies environmental, social and governance (ESG) to issues of sustainable development in healthcare. ESG reporting has been widely used for some time in the business industry to show the economic, social and environmental responsibilities of companies that aim to achieve superior ESG performance for lower risk, more accountability and transparency. Moreover, public-listed companies in healthcare have been growing in significant numbers in recent years. The application or practice of ESG in healthcare has become a growing trend for these large organisations looking to demonstrate their strengths in areas of financing, operations, sustainability and social responsibilities. Such an approach is essential not only for the long-term development of the companies but also for services delivered by healthcare practitioners. Equally, the implications to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 is relevant to healthcare worldwide with a growing ageing population, which has led to a great burden of care in many countries, particularly in the public sector. The potential development and expansion in private healthcare services, accelerated by technology advancement, has demanded a new paradigm in the healthcare industry, particularly in business, service delivery and policy. The book examines this paradigm through health in all policies, ESG and SDG 3 objectives, research, training and practice. It is relevant to graduate students and scholars working in areas relating to health, business and the SDGs and is also useful to policymakers and practitioners in healthcare.
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Supply Chain Risk Management in the Apparel Industry

Supply Chain Risk Management in the Apparel Industry

Peter Cheng; Yelin Fu; Kin Keung Lai

Routledge
2020
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Apparel is one of the oldest and largest export industries in the world. It is also one of the most global industries because most nations produce for the international textile and apparel market. The changing global landscape drives cost volatility, regulatory risk and change in consumer preference. In today’s retail landscape, media and advocacy groups have focussed attention on social and environmental issues, as well as new regulatory requirements and stricter legislations. Understanding and managing any risk within the supply chain, particularly ethical and responsible sourcing, has become increasingly critical. This book first gives a systematic introduction to the evolution of SCRM through literature review and discusses the importance of SCRM in the apparel industry. Second, it describes the life cycle of the apparel supply chain and defines the different roles of the value chain in the apparel industry. Thirdly, it identifies the risk factors in the Apparel Life Cycle and analyses the risk sources and consequences and finally, extends the importance of selection of the suppliers and develops a supplier selection model and SCRM strategies solution by data analysis and case studies.
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Chinese Currency Exchange Rates Analysis

Chinese Currency Exchange Rates Analysis

Jiangze Du; Jying-Nan Wang; Kin Keung Lai; Chao Wang

Routledge
2020
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This book provides an overview of Chinese RMB exchange markets and its risk management strategies. The view that RMB is playing an increasingly international role has been widely accepted by practitioners as well as scholars worldwide. Moreover, the Chinese government is opening the control of RMB exchange market step by step. However, some related topics are under heated debate, such as how to manage and warn of the currency crisis, what the trend of RMB exchange rate in the future is, and how to hedge the exchange risk in the process of RMB internationalization. In this book, we will give distinct answers to the above questions.
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Renminbi Exchange Rate Forecasting

Renminbi Exchange Rate Forecasting

Yunjie Wei; Shouyang Wang; Kin Keung Lai

Routledge
2021
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With the internationalization of Renminbi (RMB), the gradual liberalization of China's capital account and the recent reform of the RMB pricing mechanism, the RMB exchange rate has been volatile. This book examines how we can forecast exchange rate reliably. It explains how we can do so through a new methodology for exchange rate forecasting. The book also analyzes the dynamic relationship between exchange rate and the exchange rate data decomposition and integration, the domestic economic situation, the international economic situation and the public’s expectations and how these interactions would affect the exchange rate. The book also explains why this comprehensive integrated approach is the best model for optimizing accuracy in exchange rate forecasting.
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Renminbi Exchange Rate Forecasting

Renminbi Exchange Rate Forecasting

Yunjie Wei; Shouyang Wang; Kin Keung Lai

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2023
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With the internationalization of Renminbi (RMB), the gradual liberalization of China's capital account and the recent reform of the RMB pricing mechanism, the RMB exchange rate has been volatile. This book examines how we can forecast exchange rate reliably. It explains how we can do so through a new methodology for exchange rate forecasting. The book also analyzes the dynamic relationship between exchange rate and the exchange rate data decomposition and integration, the domestic economic situation, the international economic situation and the public’s expectations and how these interactions would affect the exchange rate. The book also explains why this comprehensive integrated approach is the best model for optimizing accuracy in exchange rate forecasting.
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Foreign-Exchange-Rate Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks

Foreign-Exchange-Rate Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks

Lean Yu; Shouyang Wang; Kin Keung Lai

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2007
sidottu
The foreign exchange market is one of the most complex dynamic markets with the characteristics of high volatility, nonlinearity and irregularity. Since the Bretton Woods System collapsed in 1970s, the fluctuations in the foreign exchange market are more volatile than ever. Furthermore, some important factors, such as economic growth, trade development, interest rates and inflation rates, have significant impacts on the exchange rate fluctuation. Meantime, these characteristics also make it extremely difficult to predict foreign exchange rates. Therefore, exchange rates forecasting has become a very important and challenge research issue for both academic and ind- trial communities. In this monograph, the authors try to apply artificial neural networks (ANNs) to exchange rates forecasting. Selection of the ANN approach for - change rates forecasting is because of ANNs’ unique features and powerful pattern recognition capability. Unlike most of the traditional model-based forecasting techniques, ANNs are a class of data-driven, self-adaptive, and nonlinear methods that do not require specific assumptions on the und- lying data generating process. These features are particularly appealing for practical forecasting situations where data are abundant or easily available, even though the theoretical model or the underlying relationship is - known. Furthermore, ANNs have been successfully applied to a wide range of forecasting problems in almost all areas of business, industry and engineering. In addition, ANNs have been proved to be a universal fu- tional approximator that can capture any type of complex relationships.
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Managing Risk of Supply Chain Disruptions

Managing Risk of Supply Chain Disruptions

Tong Shu; Shou Chen; Kin Keung Lai; Xizheng Zhang; Shouyang Wang

Routledge
2014
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This book discusses important issues related to managing supply chain disruption risks from various perspectives. It explores the essence and principles relating to managing these risks and provides the framework and multi-goal model groups for managing such risks. The book also discusses research development of managing supply chain disruptive risks, supply chain risk conduction and loss assessment methods of supply chain disruptive events. It also includes the consideration of supply chain coordinating models in the cases of demand and supply disruption risks. It also deals on the subject of managing models of supply chain disruption risks by looking at manufacturers and responding decision methods oriented towards demand in disruption and coordination. It also summarizes the relevant findings and provides future research questions and orientations. The book will contributes significantly to the growing body of knowledge concerning the theory of managing supply chains.
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Strategies for Supply Chain Risk Management

Strategies for Supply Chain Risk Management

Yi Li; Ju'e Guo; Kin Keung Lai

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2023
sidottu
Examining the negative consequences that arise from supply chain risks, this book systematically explores firms’ responses to these risks in different situations. In particular, it focuses on sourcing strategies of firms under supply chain risks and the different mitigation tools they use, such as supplier development and multisourcing.Supply chains have expanded extensively because many firms try to take advantage of outsourcing of their raw materials and critical components. Though firms can reap significant benefits due to the widespread use of outsourcing, they have to deal with increasing supply chain risks. In general, supply chain risks are various and may be originated from natural disasters, labor strikes, fires, and so on. These risk incidents can cause serious damage to firms’ profit performance.The analysis and insights from this book can be utilized by firms to alleviate the impact of supply chain risks in the sourcing process. It will also be of interest to researchers and students studying supply chain management.
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Strategies for Supply Chain Risk Management

Strategies for Supply Chain Risk Management

Yi Li; Ju'e Guo; Kin Keung Lai

TAYLOR FRANCIS LTD
2024
nidottu
Examining the negative consequences that arise from supply chain risks, this book systematically explores firms’ responses to these risks in different situations. In particular, it focuses on sourcing strategies of firms under supply chain risks and the different mitigation tools they use, such as supplier development and multisourcing.Supply chains have expanded extensively because many firms try to take advantage of outsourcing of their raw materials and critical components. Though firms can reap significant benefits due to the widespread use of outsourcing, they have to deal with increasing supply chain risks. In general, supply chain risks are various and may be originated from natural disasters, labor strikes, fires, and so on. These risk incidents can cause serious damage to firms’ profit performance.The analysis and insights from this book can be utilized by firms to alleviate the impact of supply chain risks in the sourcing process. It will also be of interest to researchers and students studying supply chain management.
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Chinese Currency Exchange Rates Analysis

Chinese Currency Exchange Rates Analysis

Jiangze Du; Jying-Nan Wang; Kin Keung Lai; Chao Wang

Routledge
2017
sidottu
This book provides an overview of Chinese RMB exchange markets and its risk management strategies. The view that RMB is playing an increasingly international role has been widely accepted by practitioners as well as scholars worldwide. Moreover, the Chinese government is opening the control of RMB exchange market step by step. However, some related topics are under heated debate, such as how to manage and warn of the currency crisis, what the trend of RMB exchange rate in the future is, and how to hedge the exchange risk in the process of RMB internationalization. In this book, we will give distinct answers to the above questions.
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Managing Risk of Supply Chain Disruptions

Managing Risk of Supply Chain Disruptions

Tong Shu; Shou Chen; Kin Keung Lai; Xizheng Zhang; Shouyang Wang

Routledge
2017
nidottu
This book discusses important issues related to managing supply chain disruption risks from various perspectives. It explores the essence and principles relating to managing these risks and provides the framework and multi-goal model groups for managing such risks. The book also discusses research development of managing supply chain disruptive risks, supply chain risk conduction and loss assessment methods of supply chain disruptive events. It also includes the consideration of supply chain coordinating models in the cases of demand and supply disruption risks. It also deals on the subject of managing models of supply chain disruption risks by looking at manufacturers and responding decision methods oriented towards demand in disruption and coordination. It also summarizes the relevant findings and provides future research questions and orientations. The book will contributes significantly to the growing body of knowledge concerning the theory of managing supply chains.
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Operational Risk Management in Container Terminals

Operational Risk Management in Container Terminals

Eric Su; Edward Tang; Kin Keung Lai; Yan Pui Lee

Routledge
2018
nidottu
This book provides an overview of the operation of container terminals and the associated risks with such operations. These risks are often ignored or not properly investigated by both scholars and practitioners. Operational Risk Management in Container Terminals explores and discusses the decision rationales and the consequences for these operational risks handling process, with in-depth investigation on the container terminals in the Asia-Pacific region. The topics covered include the history and development of the container terminals, the operation of the terminals and risk incurred, the risk-management theories and concepts, rationales and consequences of the risk decisions in the container terminal operations, common practices and recommendations on terminal operational risk handling.
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Operational Risk Management in Container Terminals

Operational Risk Management in Container Terminals

Eric Su; Edward Tang; Kin Keung Lai; Yan Pui Lee

Routledge
2015
sidottu
This book provides an overview of the operation of container terminals and the associated risks with such operations. These risks are often ignored or not properly investigated by both scholars and practitioners. Operational Risk Management in Container Terminals explores and discusses the decision rationales and the consequences for these operational risks handling process, with in-depth investigation on the container terminals in the Asia-Pacific region. The topics covered include the history and development of the container terminals, the operation of the terminals and risk incurred, the risk-management theories and concepts, rationales and consequences of the risk decisions in the container terminal operations, common practices and recommendations on terminal operational risk handling.
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Supply Chain Risk Management in the Apparel Industry

Supply Chain Risk Management in the Apparel Industry

Peter Cheng; Yelin Fu; Kin Keung Lai

Routledge
2018
sidottu
Apparel is one of the oldest and largest export industries in the world. It is also one of the most global industries because most nations produce for the international textile and apparel market. The changing global landscape drives cost volatility, regulatory risk and change in consumer preference. In today’s retail landscape, media and advocacy groups have focussed attention on social and environmental issues, as well as new regulatory requirements and stricter legislations. Understanding and managing any risk within the supply chain, particularly ethical and responsible sourcing, has become increasingly critical. This book first gives a systematic introduction to the evolution of SCRM through literature review and discusses the importance of SCRM in the apparel industry. Second, it describes the life cycle of the apparel supply chain and defines the different roles of the value chain in the apparel industry. Thirdly, it identifies the risk factors in the Apparel Life Cycle and analyses the risk sources and consequences and finally, extends the importance of selection of the suppliers and develops a supplier selection model and SCRM strategies solution by data analysis and case studies.
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Foreign-Exchange-Rate Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks

Foreign-Exchange-Rate Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks

Lean Yu; Shouyang Wang; Kin Keung Lai

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2010
nidottu
The foreign exchange market is one of the most complex dynamic markets with the characteristics of high volatility, nonlinearity and irregularity. Since the Bretton Woods System collapsed in 1970s, the fluctuations in the foreign exchange market are more volatile than ever. Furthermore, some important factors, such as economic growth, trade development, interest rates and inflation rates, have significant impacts on the exchange rate fluctuation. Meantime, these characteristics also make it extremely difficult to predict foreign exchange rates. Therefore, exchange rates forecasting has become a very important and challenge research issue for both academic and ind- trial communities. In this monograph, the authors try to apply artificial neural networks (ANNs) to exchange rates forecasting. Selection of the ANN approach for - change rates forecasting is because of ANNs’ unique features and powerful pattern recognition capability. Unlike most of the traditional model-based forecasting techniques, ANNs are a class of data-driven, self-adaptive, and nonlinear methods that do not require specific assumptions on the und- lying data generating process. These features are particularly appealing for practical forecasting situations where data are abundant or easily available, even though the theoretical model or the underlying relationship is - known. Furthermore, ANNs have been successfully applied to a wide range of forecasting problems in almost all areas of business, industry and engineering. In addition, ANNs have been proved to be a universal fu- tional approximator that can capture any type of complex relationships.
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We Have Each Other In The Family: an intertwined true life happenings ... if only you were there to help

We Have Each Other In The Family: an intertwined true life happenings ... if only you were there to help

Chee Yang Han Joddi; Chee Wing Wah Goh Seow Kin

Independently Published
2019
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Life live in every living souls even things had its life so do every Man. Living gives life the purpose. It is living that gives pulse to life. The soul would be absent if there is not a living. Life would be nothing if living is absent. Living is more important that life. To live in order to reason or to reason in order to live; there is the question. Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. Why do we need to suffer? Is it to get life more than preordained? Then is it fate that controls our life? It is not we want because we prefer our own destiny. We do not live long enough to be anything else. Nature has no law. Nature never breaks her own laws. Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity. Let us follow Nature and find true God. Life in prison, police lock up, mental hospital, court room, A&E hospital. I suppose that is one of the ironies of life - doing the wrong thing at the right moment. This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it. The world has given me its best and little of its worst. Whatever were my ill vicissitudes, I believe that fortune and ill-fortune drift upon one haphazardly as clouds. Knowing this, I am never too shocked at the bad things that happen and am agreeably surprised at the good. I have no design for living, no philosophy - whether sage or fool, we must all struggle with life. I vacillate with inconsistencies; at times small things will annoy me and catastrophes will leave me indifferent. I think it appropriate to sum up the state of the world as I see it today. The accumulating complexities of modern life, the kinetic invasion of the twentieth century finds the individual hemmed in by gigantic institutions that threaten from all sides, politically, scientifically and economically. We are becoming the victims of soul-conditioning, of sanctions and permits. It is incongruous that in this atomic age of speed we are shut in and shut out by passports. What can life be for a chronically ill sick old man now at 64 where end it nears, also undischarged bankrupt since 2002 locked-in virtually prison cell whom haplessly and hopelessly condemned. I was adjudged bankrupt due to prolong unemployment and ill health and my wife was joint liability for housing loan. My wife now 60, was a Dental Assistant. She was a victim of unlawful dismissal dated March 2018. She was also fallen victim of sexual harassment by both male laboratory technician and dentist. She had given her 18 years of total conviction with dental clinic - Dr Marcus Cooney and Associates Pte Ltd aka Smilefocus at Camden Medical. She was betrayed and unlawful dismissal was premeditated. My son is presently a student who is undertaking his 3 years degree course in fine art. None of my family is working. My wife is still nowhere near in recovering from psychological trauma. She is under psychiatric care. What we are going thru life is taking a step at a time but we are worried the cost of staying alive. There are so many whys to everything A to Z unanswered. It is better to spend most of my time taking care of my wife whose inflicted psychological pain due to the unlawful dismissal cum victim of sexual harassment from former employer has caused her health deteriorated. She weighs 30 kg barely skin and bones. She is not eating well. She has bad flashbacks and developed anticipatory fear. Notwithstanding my medical woes I have no complaint whatsoever to take care of my family and my loved ones at this moment of time not at all. In fact I found true love as it grow more each day than yesterday. This inspire us to write our very own book "We Have Each Other In the Family to give a deeper insight as to what we are going thru- our struggle in one lifetime. Once leaf thru the page will take you to fathom deeper to know the truth - https: //youtu.be/3B2jRjgfcLs
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We Have Each Other In The Family: an intertwined true life happenings...if only you were there to Help?

We Have Each Other In The Family: an intertwined true life happenings...if only you were there to Help?

Chee Yang Han Joddi; Chee Wing Wah Goh Seow Kin

Independently Published
2019
nidottu
Life live in every living souls even things had its life so do every Man. Living gives life the purpose. It is living that gives pulse to life. The soul would be absent if there is not a living. Life would be nothing if living is absent. Living is more important that life. To live in order to reason or to reason in order to live; there is the question. Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it. Why do we need to suffer? Is it to get life more than preordained? Then is it fate that controls our life? It is not we want because we prefer our own destiny. We do not live long enough to be anything else. Life in prison, police lock up, mental hospital, court room, A&E hospital. I suppose that is one of the ironies of life - doing the wrong thing at the right moment. This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it. The world has given me its best and little of its worst. Whatever were my ill vicissitudes, I believe that fortune and ill-fortune drift upon one haphazardly as clouds. Knowing this, I am never too shocked at the bad things that happen and am agreeably surprised at the good. I have no design for living, no philosophy - whether sage or fool, we must all struggle with life. I vacillate with inconsistencies; at times small things will annoy me and catastrophes will leave me indifferent. "Always thankful to Dr Paul Burton and Professor Wong in unyielding guidance". What can life be for a chronically ill sick old man now at 64 where end it nears, also undischarged bankrupt since 2002, locked-in virtually prison cell whom haplessly and hopelessly condemned. I was adjudged bankrupt due to prolong unemployment and ill health and my wife was joint liability for housing loan. My wife now 60, was a Dental Assistant. She was a victim of unlawful dismissal dated March 2018. She was also fallen victim of sexual harassment by both male laboratory technician and dentist. She had given her 18 years of total conviction with dental clinic - Dr Marcus Cooney and Associates Pte Ltd aka Smilefocus at Camden Medical. She was been betrayed. My son is undertaking his 3 years degree course in fine art. None of my family is working. My wife is still nowhere near in recovering from psychological trauma. She is under psychiatric care. What we are going thru life is taking a step at a time but we are worried the cost of staying alive. There are so many whys to everything A to Z unanswered. My wife weighs 30 kg barely skin and bones. She is not eating well. She has bad flashbacks and anticipatory fear. The book "We Have Each Other In the Family... an intertwined true life happenings ... if only you were there to help?" to give a deeper insight as to what we are going thru especially my wife was quite reluctant at first because she do not wish to be an evil advocate of former company's bad misdemeanor. Our struggle in one lifetime worth a peek in the book. One leaf thru the page will take you to fathom deeper to know the truth...While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die. Both my wife and I wish to die a happy death. We are becoming the victims of soul-conditioning, of sanctions and permits. This matrix into which we have allowed ourselves to be cast is due to a lack of cultural insight. We have gone blindly into ugliness and congestion and have lost our appreciation of the aesthetic. Our living sense has been blunted by profit, power and monopoly. We have permitted these forces to envelop us with an utter disregard of the ominous consequences. Science, without thoughtful direction or sense of responsibility, has delivered up to politicians and the militaries weapons of such destruction that they hold in their hands the destiny of every living thing on this earth. This plethora of power given into the hands of men whose moral responsibility and intellectual competence are to say the least not infallible, and in many cases questionable, could end in wars, go blindly https: //youtu.be/3B2jRjgfc
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Bio-Inspired Credit Risk Analysis

Bio-Inspired Credit Risk Analysis

Lean Yu; Shouyang Wang; Kin Keung Lai; Ligang Zhou

Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH Co. K
2008
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Credit risk analysis is one of the most important topics in the field of financial risk management. Due to recent financial crises and regulatory concern of Basel II, credit risk analysis has been the major focus of financial and banking industry. Especially for some credit-granting institutions such as commercial banks and credit companies, the ability to discriminate good customers from bad ones is crucial. The need for reliable quantitative models that predict defaults accurately is imperative so that the interested parties can take either preventive or corrective action. Hence credit risk analysis becomes very important for sustainability and profit of enterprises. In such backgrounds, this book tries to integrate recent emerging support vector machines and other computational intelligence techniques that replicate the principles of bio-inspired information processing to create some innovative methodologies for credit risk analysis and to provide decision support information for interested parties.
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