Although London appeared as the first international financial center on the world, the number of these kind of centers show a notable increase in the recent years. Those centers are regarded as magnetic places for the economic issues and they also serve as important economic centers. In the...

Chapter 1. Introduction: Applied Operations Research and Financial Modeling in Energy (André Dorsman) -- Chapter 2. Optimization Methods on Electricity Generation and Transmission Expansion Planning Problem (Mahdi Noorizadegan) -- Chapter 3. Demand-Driven Electricity Supply Options of Electric...

This book analyses how socially responsible investments as well as the rising importance of Islamic finance are linked to the shift towards renewable energy. Academics and practitioners in the field take a global perspective and present case studies from several countries. The book is divided...

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Origins and Fundamentals of Banking -- Chapter 2. The Medici Family: Bankers of the Renaissance (14th and 15th century) -- Chapter 3. Corporations, Stock Exchanges and the Amsterdam Bank of Exchange (Late 16th and 17th century) -- Chapter 4. Goldsmith Bankers and The...

The purpose of this article is to evaluate if cryptocurrencies that have robust technology and anonymous features can be the money of the future. In this study, the transition phases of paper money, which started to be used at the beginning of the 17th century, to bank money, then banknotes and...