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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Peter Brain

Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance
In 1995, the Baring Brothers collapsed over a weekend, brought down by the 'rogue trader' Nick Leeson. Utilizing British and American archives, this work charts Baring Brothers development from wool merchants to one of the most powerful global financial institutions. It also analyses the errors which led to its downfall.
Brain, Mind and Consciousness

Brain, Mind and Consciousness

Petr Bob

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2011
sidottu
Neuropsychological research on the neural basis of behavior generally asserts that brain mechanisms ultimately suffice to explain all psychologically described phenomena. This assumption stems from the idea that the brain consists entirely of material particles and fields, and that all causal mechanisms relevant to neuroscience can be formulated solely in terms of properties of these elements. Contemporary basic physical theory differs from classic physics on the important matter of how consciousness of human agents enters into the structure of empirical phenomena. The new principles contradict the older idea that local mechanical processes alone account for the structure of all empirical data. Contemporary physical theory brings directly into the overall causal structure certain psychologically described choices made by human agents about how they will act. This key development in basic physical theory is applicable to neuroscience. This book explores this new framework.
Brain, Mind and Consciousness

Brain, Mind and Consciousness

Petr Bob

Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2014
nidottu
Neuropsychological research on the neural basis of behavior generally asserts that brain mechanisms ultimately suffice to explain all psychologically described phenomena. This assumption stems from the idea that the brain consists entirely of material particles and fields, and that all causal mechanisms relevant to neuroscience can be formulated solely in terms of properties of these elements. Contemporary basic physical theory differs from classic physics on the important matter of how consciousness of human agents enters into the structure of empirical phenomena. The new principles contradict the older idea that local mechanical processes alone account for the structure of all empirical data. Contemporary physical theory brings directly into the overall causal structure certain psychologically described choices made by human agents about how they will act. This key development in basic physical theory is applicable to neuroscience. This book explores this new framework.
Brain and Dissociated Mind

Brain and Dissociated Mind

Petr Bob

Nova Science Publishers Inc
2008
sidottu
This book presents current knowledge regarding relationship between conscious and unconscious processes in the human mind and dissociation between them, in a close relationship with modern neuroscientific research. Following the framework of traditional psychological and psychiatric terms proposed by Janet and developed also by Freud and Jung, the author shows new connections between modern theoretical neuroscience and psychological concept of dissociated mind. As main argument for this synthesis the author uses modern chaos theory that provides conceptual framework for self-organisation that connect mind and brain. In this context the author also deals with the problem of consciousness and other interesting connections and mysteries of the human mind such as dreaming, hypnosis or pain experience.
Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance

Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance

Peter E Austin

Pickering Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
2007
sidottu
In 1995, the Baring Brothers collapsed over a weekend, brought down by the 'rogue trader' Nick Leeson. Utilizing British and American archives, this work charts Baring Brothers development from wool merchants to one of the most powerful global financial institutions. It also analyses the errors which led to its downfall.
Barings Bankruptcy and Financial Derivatives

Barings Bankruptcy and Financial Derivatives

Peter G. Zhang

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
1996
nidottu
The collapse of Barings Bank, the oldest merchant bank in Britain, was a shock to the financial industry throughout the world. This volume is the first organized material to explain how and why this established bank with a history of 233 years bankrupted within a few days. It explains in a structured and easytounderstand manner the concept of financial derivatives, with an analysis of futures and options and their market. This is a practical reference for finance professionals, economic or finance undergraduates.
Brændes efter læsning
1990. De CIA-støttede, hemmelige GLADIO ”stay-behind” grupper afsløres over hele Europa. Politikerne på venstrefløjen er rasende. Var de også i Danmark? Forsvarets Efterretningstjenestes arkiver er næsten tomme. Den pensionerede Kommandørkaptajn Jørgen Knudsen, tidligere afdelingsleder i FE, indkaldes til afhøring hos FE. Men fortæller han hele sandheden? Vi går tilbage i tiden. 1945. Krigen er forbi. Jørgen Knudsen har først været frihedskæmper, derefter i den hemmelige danske efterretningstjeneste i Stockholm. Men hvem er nu ven, og hvem fjende? Tilbage i Søværnets Efterretningssektion skal han snart finde ud af, at tyskerne kan blive til venner, og russerne og de danske kommunister til fjender. Tyskerne kan hjælpe genopretningen af den danske flåde med viden om ubåde og torpedoer. Et uformelt samarbejde med den spirende, hemmelige tyske efterretningstjeneste kommer i stand. Gang på gang sendes han til det sønderbombede Tyskland, men gang på gang underminerer Russerne vejen frem. Hvordan går det til? Den engelske efterretningstjeneste MI6 holder øje med Jørgen Knudsen og hans møder med en yngre, dansk kvinde på diverse hoteller. Hans chef kan berolige MI6, kvinden er Kirsten Henriksen, underdirektør i et selskab, som tilhører Knudsens kone. Men chefen har sine særlige ideer om, hvad det kan føre til i forhold til den kommunistiske trussel. 1950. I et par år har efterretningstjenesten arbejdet med danske ”stay-behind” grupper, hvis Russerne skulle besætte landet, men nu siger en ny topchef fra. Det synes Jørgens chef og Jørgens yngre kollega Peter Larsen ikke om. Men de vil vel adlyde? Jørgen bliver sat på en umulig opgave, da hans chef opdager, at Russerne kender grupperne og deres skjulesteder. Jørgen, Peter og Kirsten mødes på en lille, øde havn ved Svanekes fyr for at finde en løsning. 1990. FE afslutter samtalerne med Jørgen Knudsen og skriver en kort rapport. Men hvem venter uden for porten? Nye afsløringer kommer frem under en frokost på Restaurant Lumskebugten.
Barings Bankruptcy And Financial Derivatives

Barings Bankruptcy And Financial Derivatives

Peter Guangping Zhang

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
1995
nidottu
This is the first systematic source which tries to explain how and why the 233-year old and the World's oldest merchant bank went into bankruptcy in a few days. It includes three parts with 10 chapters. Part I first describes what happened, then traces back the birth and historical glory of the Barings bank and family, and finally describes how it was sold to the Internationale Nederlanden Groep (ING). As many terms of financial derivatives are used in the first part, we try to provide an easy and systematic way to clarify the related financial derivatives products in Part II. This part first gives a general discussion of financial derivatives and a brief review of the historical development, growth, and magnitude of the financial derivatives markets. It then concentrates on futures and options in two chapters. Finally, we explain the hedging and speculating functions of financial derivatives and how they can be used in combination to achieve particular objectives. Part III provides necessary information on the Japanese financial markets and then analyzes how a single trader could have so much power as to bring about Barings fall. Finally, we try to provide the lessons from this event.
Brænd huset ned, giv træet vand

Brænd huset ned, giv træet vand

Hans Peter Madsen

Turbine
2021
nidottu
"Vild debutant har skrevet årets sjoveste bog", 5 stjerner, Berlingske Hans Peter Madsen debuterer med en samling noveller, som pa° en og samme tid er vildt sjove, alvorlige, politiske og bragende smukke i deres komprimerede form.I Brænd huset ned, giv træet vand stopper kødet med at ra°dne, sproget afrettes under sorgramte omstændigheder, barndomstraumer genbesøges under en operation, en mand lærer sig selv at falde i søvn med stiv pik, og et møde i vækstkommisionen fører til, at en mand nulrer sit sengetøj med tæerne.Humoren løber som en understrøm gennem hele samlingen, det morsomme og finurlige er blandet med overraskende pointer og twists. Men bag det hele ligger ofte en stor alvor og emner som klimaforandringer, sexisme, kærlighed, clickbait ... og sa° det, at Lars Løkke har nosser, der ligner snacks.Hvordan foretrækker du dine lydord? Kører du bus blandt venner? Har du tjekket indholdet af dine underbukser i dag? Hvis du stod i dit barndomshjem, ville du sa° kunne huske sne? Kan du fa° vejret i din stramme trøje? Er solnedgangene fælleseje? Hvad er din holdning, hvis jeg spørger dig lige nu?
Observations Pratiques Sur Les Bains d'Eau de Mer Et Sur Les Bains Chauds (2e Éd.)
Observations pratiques sur les bains d'eau de mer et sur les bains chauds (2e ed.) / par A. P. Buchan, ...; ouvrage traduit de l'anglais, par M. Rouxel, ...Date de l'edition originale: 1835Ce livre est la reproduction fidele d'une oeuvre publiee avant 1920 et fait partie d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande editee par Hachette Livre, dans le cadre d'un partenariat avec la Bibliotheque nationale de France, offrant l'opportunite d'acceder a des ouvrages anciens et souvent rares issus des fonds patrimoniaux de la BnF.Les oeuvres faisant partie de cette collection ont ete numerisees par la BnF et sont presentes sur Gallica, sa bibliotheque numerique.En entreprenant de redonner vie a ces ouvrages au travers d'une collection de livres reimprimes a la demande, nous leur donnons la possibilite de rencontrer un public elargi et participons a la transmission de connaissances et de savoirs parfois difficilement accessibles.Nous avons cherche a concilier la reproduction fidele d'un livre ancien a partir de sa version numerisee avec le souci d'un confort de lecture optimal. Nous esperons que les ouvrages de cette nouvelle collection vous apporteront entiere satisfaction.Pour plus d'informations, rendez-vous sur www.hachettebnf.fr