عنوان

Business confronts terrorism :

(Number (ISBN

0299189333

(Number (ISBN

9780299189334

Erroneous ISBN

0299189309

Erroneous ISBN

9780299189303

Number

b718205

Title Proper

Business confronts terrorism :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

risks and responses /

First Statement of Responsibility

Dean C. Alexander.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Madison :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Wisconsin Press/Terrace Books,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (vii, 237 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-231) and index.

Text of Note

1. Overview of terror threats -- Selected attacks by foreign terrorists against U.S. targets -- Selected attacks by domestic terrorists against U.S. targets -- Selected terror attacks against business worldwide -- Selected terror attacks against nonbusiness targets -- Thwarted terrorist attacks -- 2. Contemporary and future terror threats -- Government terror warnings and advisories -- Terrorists' modus operandi -- Prospective terror targets -- 3. Terrorists and their supporters participate in the economic system -- Companies and individuals aid terrorists -- Products used in furtherance of terrorism -- Services used in furtherance of terrorism -- Criminal activities of terrorists and their abettors -- 4. Financing terror -- Traditional financial services -- Hawalas and other informal money transfer systems -- Nonprofit organizations -- Commodities -- Bogus financial instruments and transactions -- Currency smuggling, wire transfers, and money laundering -- Smuggling -- Securities fraud -- Scams and bank robberies -- State-sponsors of terrorism -- U.S. government responses to terrorism financing -- International responses to terrorism financing -- 5. Security -- Security costs -- Too much money in one place? -- Security providers -- Information security -- Risk and vulnerability assessments -- Risk management and disaster planning -- Sector responses -- 6. Public-private partnership in combating terrorism -- Government assisting industry in the war on terrorism -- Industry aiding government in the war on terrorism -- Sources of tension in the public-partnership in combating terrorism -- 7. Terror's effects on labor and management -- Terror victimizes labor -- Employer and governmental support in crises -- Terror's effects on military personnel -- Workforce challenges and opportunities -- Post-September 11 employer issues -- 8. Additional perspectives on terror's impact on business -- Initial impact of catastrophic terrorism -- Subsequent industry responses -- Transcending consequences of terror on business -- Conclusion.

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Annotation

Title

Business confronts terrorism.

Business-- Effect of terrorism on.

Business enterprises-- Security measures-- United States.

Industries-- Security measures-- United States.

Terrorism-- Economic aspects.

Terrorism-- United States-- Prevention.

Bedrohung

Bekämpfung

Business-- Effect of terrorism on.

Business enterprises-- Security measures.

Industries-- Security measures.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Law Enforcement.

Terrorism-- Economic aspects.

Terrorism-- Prevention.

Terrorismus

Wirtschaftspolitik

United States.

USA.

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7

POL-- 014000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Alexander, Dean C.,1965-

Date of Transaction

20201208102154.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

Y