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Material Corrosion and Degradation

Challenges and Solutions for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries

1. Introduction Section I: Mechanisms and Basic Concepts 2. Fundamentals of Corrosion: Understanding the Essence of Material Degradation 3. Inter-granular Corrosion of Stainless Steels 4. Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) 5. The Integrity Management of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) 6. Technical Approaches on Managing and Avoiding Major Equipment Failure Due to Environmental Assisted Cracking Section II: Corrosion Challenges 7. Corrosion Challenges to Oil and Gas Operations in Developing Countries of the South-East Asia Region 8. Soil Side Corrosion of Above Ground Storage Tanks in the Oil Refineries and the Petrochemical Plants 9. Corrosion in Aromatic Petrochemical Plants 10. Pipelines Corrosion Management from Design to Operation Section III: Some Corrosion Countermeasures 11. Material Selection in Oil and Gas Environments - Approaches for Practical Applications 12. Corrosion Behaviour of Complex Concentrated Alloys 13. Stray Currents and Oil and Gas Pipelines - A South African Perspective 14. Coatings and Linings as Corrosion Prevention Mechanisms: A Practical View on Challenges and Solutions 15. Smart, Advanced Corrosion Management Section IV: Conclusion and Remarkable Points

Foundations of Finance

This book takes readers through the world of finance from a lay-person's perspective. It presents, clarifies and illustrates the fundamental concepts of financial proficiency to all who don't have prior knowledge or expertise in financial matters. The author further outlines the financial operations of business firms and individuals in a clear and accessible manner.The book:<ul> <li>Discusses the fundamentals of finance and accounting</li> <li>Provides an understanding of financial statements for managerial decision-making</li> <li>Includes financial analysis for resource allocation and shareholders' wealth maximisation</li> <li>Discusses management of finances and investments in day-to-day lives</li> </ul>Presenting current global trends and real-world cases in finance and richly illustrated with tables and figures, this volume will be indispensable for individuals, business managers and management students pursuing courses related to financial accounting. It will also be an important resource for executive and management development programmes (EDPs and MDPs) as well as professionals interested in a short refresher course on finance.

Finance for Beginners

The objective of a business continuity plan is to ensure that your business will be able to continue operating in the event of a disruption in service caused by a natural or man-made incident. This book provides a framework for businesses to assess their general and specific risks, determine measures to counter these risks, and establish a business continuity plan that will work regardless of the type of disruptive event. Written by a leading expert in the field, this text is a must-read for experienced professionals as well as those just starting out.

How to Build an End to End Business Continuity Program

Security, Audit and Leadership Series

Corporate governance is failing-not because boards lack intelligence, experience, or diligence, but because the systems they rely on no longer surface the information that truly matters.Across industries and jurisdictions, boards approve strategies, review risk lists, receive assurance reports, and comply with governance codes-yet remain blindsided by catastrophic failures. Safety collapses. Cultural scandals erupt. Financial integrity breaks down. Courts increasingly ask the same question after the fact: Why didn't the board know?Mission Critical Governance exposes the root cause of this failure: boards govern without a clearly defined purpose and without reliable oversight of the mission-critical objectives that determine enterprise survival and success.Drawing on decades of governance practice, landmark court decisions, behavioural science, and emerging regulatory expectations, this book challenges the dominant "checklist" model of governance and replaces it with a new architecture built for uncertainty. It introduces a practical, evidence-based framework that enables boards to:<ul> <li>Define and disclose board purpose with clarity and accountability</li> <li>Identify and oversee Mission-Critical Objectives (MCOs) </li> <li>Quantify and report uncertainty using Acceptable / Unacceptable Uncertainty thresholds</li> <li>Measure confidence in information through the Board Assurance Index (BAI) </li> <li>Integrate risk, assurance, culture, and performance into a single oversight system</li> <li>Break the destructive Don't Tell / Don't Ask governance syndrome</li> </ul>This is not a compliance manual. It is a redesign of governance itself-from ritual to responsibility, from risk lists to real oversight, from comfort to confidence.Written for board directors, executives, regulators, investors, auditors, and risk leaders, Mission-Critical Governance provides a clear roadmap for transforming governance into a disciplined, purpose-anchored system capable of earning trust, withstanding scrutiny, and guiding organizations through an era of relentless uncertainty.The question is no longer whether boards must govern differently. The question is whether they will lead-or wait for courts, crises, and capital markets to force the change.

Focusing on What Matters Most

Mission-Critical Governance

China Perspectives

Combining legal analysis, comparative methodologies, and original empirical research, this book provides a detailed examination of institutional shareholder activism in China and its wider global implications.It traces the evolution of shareholder activism in China, from the emergence of modern institutional investors in the early 2000s, through to the 2023 revision of China's Company Law. This development has occurred within a market characterized by concentrated ownership, state influence, and dynamic regulatory changes. The book demonstrates that activism in China is both real and significant, yet distinct from Western models. Its scope encompasses routine voting, shareholder meetings, private engagement, regulatory complaints, and litigation support. Conceptualizing shareholder activism as 'bounded shareholder voice', the author argues that the future of such activism - both in China and globally - depends on the development of context-sensitive systems. These systems must adapt to unique market and regulatory environments.This book is essential reading for scholars, postgraduate students, policymakers, and institutional investors interested in corporate law and governance, investor influence, and corporate accountability in global markets.

Legal Foundations, Regulatory Frameworks, and Comparative Perspectives

Shareholder Activism in China and Beyond

'Bojan Pancevski verbindet investigativen Spürsinn mit geopolitischem Weitblick und beleuchtet nicht nur, wie die Nord-Stream-Pipelines zerstört wurden, sondern auch, warum sie für Europas Energieversorgung, Sicherheit und politische Zukunft von so großer Bedeutung sind. Ein echter Pageturner.' -Peter Frankopan, Autor des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers 'Licht aus dem Osten'Basierend auf langjähriger Recherche und dem Zugang zu Saboteuren und Vermittlern, deren Vorgesetzten sowie hochrangigen Geheimdienstvertretern wie den Chefs von CIA und BND rekonstruiert der preisgekrönte Wall-Street-Journal-Autor erstmals die gesamte Geheimoperation, ihre politischen Hintergründe und ihre Auswirkungen.Für diesen geopolitischen Thriller aus dem wirklichen Leben hat der Pulitzer-Finalist über drei Jahre hinweg mit ukrainischen Attentätern, russischen Geheimdienstgenerälen, US-Masterspionen und deutschen Chefermittlern gesprochen. Er interviewte Staats- und Regierungschefs sowie Topbeamte, die im Schatten ihren Einfluss ausüben.Er verfolgte die Spur bis ins Kanzleramt, ins Weiße Haus, in den Kreml und hinter die Stahlbetonwände des 'Aquariums', wie der Sitz der berüchtigten GRU genannt wird.Schließlich verbrachte er mehrere Monate in der Ukraine, wo er etwa ein Dutzend Mitglieder einer Eliteeinheit aus Spezialkommandos und Geheimdienstlern kennenlernte. Gemeinsam mit einer kleinen Gruppe ziviler Tiefseetaucher planten und führten sie die Nord-Stream-Sprengung durch.Die komplexe Verschwörung wurde dank einer simplen deutschen Radarfalle und einer handelsüblichen Gesichtserkennungssoftware aufgedeckt.Dieses Buch erzählt erstmals die kinoreifen Geschichten der Täter und Ermittler. Zusammen ergibt sich daraus ein geopolitischer Thriller, ein Spiel mit schwindelerregend hohen Einsätzen.Wie der Zuschauer eines Pokerspiels mit hohem Einsatz hatte der Autor das seltene Privileg, beiden Seiten über die Schulter und in die Karten schauen zu können, bevor sie diese ausspielten.Eine hochexplosive Geschichte über Himmelfahrtskommandos, wirtschaftliche Abhängigkeiten, Souveränitätsverletzungen, menschlichen Wagemut und politische Verantwortung - und über den Moment, in dem der Krieg Deutschland erreicht 'So gewagt und fesselnd wie die Sabotage selbst, überzeugt das Buch in seinen Details durch faktenreiche Präzision.' -Ivan Krastev, Politologe und Autor von Das Licht, das erlosch 'Mit dem scharfen Blick eines Journalisten für Details und dem Gespür eines Filmregisseurs für Tempo erzählt Bojan Pancevski eine Geschichte, die man nicht aus der Hand legen will.' -Fiona Hill, ehemalige Russlandberaterin im Nationalen Sicherheitsrat der USA

»Ein echter Pageturner.« Peter Frankopan, Autor des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers »Licht aus dem Osten«

Die Nord-Stream-Sprengung. Die wahre Geschichte der Sabotage, die Europa erschütterte

How did Tencent become one of the world's most innovative tech giants? This book offers a rare, in-depth look at Tencent's rise through the lens of innovation management. From early products like QQ to the creation of WeChat and its expansive digital ecosystem, the book explores how Tencent drives continuous and breakthrough innovation across technology, management, platforms, and social value. It introduces Tencent's unique Sequoia-like innovations (deep, directed, invisible, and compound), market-type organisation and OCEAN ecosystem, which promotes openness (O), coopetition (C), empowerment (E), autonomy (A), and attentiveness to stakeholders' needs (N). Readers will discover how Tencent leverages corporate values, internal coopetition, digital human resource management, internal talent mobility, platform ecosystems, and social value creation to remain innovative, competitive, and forward-looking. Accessible and insightful, this book is essential reading for students, academics, business leaders, and policymakers interested in innovation management, technology development, digital platforms, and China's evolving technology landscape.

The Unique Innovation Model of Tencent

China's ‘Everything Online' Company

This book presents an up-to-date account of contemporary themes and topics in finance. It explores the world of finance from a fast-changing and developing finance perspective.Lucid, accessible, yet comprehensive, the volume discusses:<ul> <li>Financial system with its constituents and instruments;</li> <li>Recent trends and approaches in value-added and strategic management;</li> <li>Current laws and legislations in the domain of taxation - direct and indirect;</li> <li>Emerging concepts and practices of digital finance, known as 'fintech'.</li> </ul>Presenting current global trends and real-world cases in finance and richly illustrated with tables, figures and learning tools, this volume will be indispensable for individuals, business managers and management students pursuing courses related to contemporary finance and financial management. It will also be an important resource for executive and management development programmes (EDPs &amp; MDPs) as well as professionals, corporates, entrepreneurs, government officials, academicians and researchers.

Contemporary Finance

World Scientific Series On The Built Environment

Real Estate Fundamentals is the perfect starting point for anyone looking to understand the Singapore property market. From valuation and development to leasing, resale, and redevelopment, this book explains the real estate lifecycle in a clear, practical, and engaging way.

Written for undergraduates, career changers, and candidates preparing for Singapore's Real Estate Salespersons (RES) examination, it combines real-world insights with essential legal, economic, and policy foundations. Conceptual graphics, examples, and a glossary of key terms make complex ideas accessible, while exam-mapping tools provide focused support for learners.

With its unique integration of theory and practice, Real Estate Fundamentals highlights the major players in the industry and the forces that shape Singapore's property landscape. Backed by the authors' decades of professional and teaching experience, this book is both a practical guide and an academic reference for anyone seeking a solid grounding in real estate.

Real Estate Fundamentals

This book is intended to help people newly involved in the development of workplace safety and health programs to understand principles and concepts that can help them roll out what is often referred to as a "safety program." It introduces the safety and health landscape in simple terms and provides a framework for common program start-up or program improvement action steps.Providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a primer on how to think about and go about creating a safety program, this book presents a higher-level overview, framework models and suggestions, resource information, and shares concepts that can help readers not only meet regulatory requirements but also provide true value to the organization. Safety consultant Greg G. Zigulis presents readers with an accessible overview of the types of things that should be known and considered in order to create and run an effective and sustainable health and safety program.Written for a broad professional readership, this book will be invaluable for all SME businesspersons and practitioners who need a seasoned expert to provide an understandable introduction to safety programs, whatever their situation. It's particularly relevant to start-ups and people given responsibility for workplace safety without a background in this area.

Setting Them Up and Making Them Work Effectively

Health and Safety Programs in Small and Medium-sized Businesses

Routledge Studies in the Economics of Business and Industry

This book provides a comparative perspective of whistleblowing systems across the world. It begins with a discussion of the emergence of whistleblowing systems, identifying landmark events such as President Abraham Lincoln's signing of the False Claims Act and the European Union's implementation of the EU Whistleblowing Directive. Next, it provides comprehensive chapters specific to the following industries: banking; accounting; insurance; trade and logistics; engineering, government contracting and funding; healthcare; and cybersecurity. The industry¿specific chapters provide pertinent information to employers, employees, academics, government policymakers and attorneys. Finally, it concludes with a discussion of design components that make whistleblowing systems successful and assesses where there are likely to be future developments. Readers will learn from detailed examples from the United States, Europe, South Africa, South Korea, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Properly functioning whistleblowing systems are not only important morally, but they also ensure that banking, money and international finance will thrive. This book will find an audience among researchers, scholars, policymakers and professionals.

A Comparative Perspective

Whistleblowing Systems

Routledge Revivals

Working for Ford (1984) describes what it is like to work in a car factory, often in the words of the workers themselves. It also reveals the process by which large-scale industries seek to overcome industrial conflict and the way in which unions, shop-floor workers and shop stewards express their political and economic aspirations.

Working for Ford

This volume demystifies the mechanics of financial shenanigans or earnings management (EM) in the interests of investors and other stakeholders who are affected by corporate fiascos. It brings extensive real-world experience of forensic accounting and analytics capabilities to examine "financial hazards," how they inevitably result in financial and corporate blowups, and what lessons we can draw from them, such as those of Enron, WorldCom, Satyam Computers, Kingfisher Airlines, Lehman Brothers, and of late IL&amp;FS, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), and many more. The book decodes:<ul> <li>The nuances and intricacies of forensic accounting;</li> <li>Revenue, expense, and assets manipulation;</li> <li>Identification of "red flags" and quantitative analysis;</li> <li>Fraud prevention mechanics.</li> </ul>Richly illustrated with tables, figures, and learning tools, this volume will be indispensable for individuals, business managers, and management students pursuing courses related to forensic accounting, financial shenanigans, and financial ethics. It will also be an important resource for executive and management development programmes (EDPs &amp; MDPs), as well as professionals, corporates, entrepreneurs, government officials, academicians, and researchers looking for a quick refresher on financial manipulations.

Forensic Accounting and Financial Shenanigans Detection

Material Corrosion and Degradation

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