what the electric industry experience implies for contemporary business /
First Statement of Responsibility
Karyl B. Leggio, David L. Bodde, Marilyn L. Taylor.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Elsevier,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xiii, 228 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations.
SERIES
Series Title
Elsevier global energy policy and economics series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Part I. The Nature of Risk in the Electric Sector -- Part II. Current Approaches to Managing Risk: Their Power and Limitations -- Part III Emerging Risk Management Techniques -- Part IV. An Integrated Approach to Understanding, Managing, and Communicating Risk.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The increasing complexity of emerging business models and a growing societal concern with the integrity of financial reporting now leads to new emphases on accountability within large, publicly traded energy corporations. This book emphasizes the implications these issues have in the electric industry, a traditional infrastructure that underlies the digital society and now faces extraordinary environmental, regulatory, and technological uncertainties. Informs professionals in a variety of fields of the best current thinking on business riskhow it can be understood, how it can be managed, and how it can be communicated to diverse constituencies.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
Elsevier Science & Technology
Stock Number
114057:114148
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Managing enterprise risk.
International Standard Book Number
9780080449494
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Electric utilities-- Risk management-- United States.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Power Resources-- Electrical.