"This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area, clarifying the present chaotic and confusing literature of the current state of the art and knowledge in the areas of the design and engineering of the many emerging software...

Banks must take various risks, especially credit risks from granting credit, however, they should take action against risks in order to adopt an optimal portfolio between risks and returns. Thus, recent advances in risk management formulas in banking may facilitate credit availability, enabling...

Collection of selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 China Academic Conference on Food Packaging, November 23-25, 2013, Tianjin, China. The 100 papers are grouped as follows: Chapter 1: Functional Food Packaging Materials Technology; Chapter 2: Food Packaging Design; Chapter 3: Packaging...

How do the returns on banks' assets affect the susceptibility of the banking system to a self-fulfilling run by depositors? I study this question in a version of the model of Diamond and Dybvig (1983) with limited commitment and a non-trivial portfolio choice. I show that the relationship...