Download or read book Business Confronts Terrorism written by Dean C. Alexander and published by Terrace Books. This book was released on 2004-11-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central banks and stock exchanges are bombed. Suicide bombers ravage cinemas, nightclubs, and theaters. Planes crash into skyscrapers and government buildings. Multiple bombs explode on commuter trains. Thousands of people are killed and injured while millions are terrorized by these attacks. These scenarios could be part of a future Hollywood movie. Sadly, they are representative of previous terror attacks against industry and government interests worldwide. Moreover, they are harbingers of global terror threats. Industry constitutes a prime target of contemporary terrorism. This timely book analyzes the threats companies face due to terrorism, industry responses to these dangers, and terrorism’s effects on conducting business in the post-9/11 environment. Dean C. Alexander details the conventional and unconventional terror capabilities facing industry. He describes the activities of terrorists in the economic system and the ways they finance their operations. Alexander discusses how companies can reduce terrorist threats and that corporate security can minimize political violence. He outlines the dynamics of the public-private partnership against terrorism: government aiding industry, business supporting government, and tensions between the two. He also delineates terrorism’s effects—financial, physical, and emotional—on workers and employers. He highlights the negative financial and economic consequences of terrorism. He discusses the impact of terrorism on traditional business practices and concludes with an assessment of future trends.

Download or read book Terrorism and the International Business Environment written by Gabriele G. S. Suder and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume reveals how the pre-9/11-era of contemporary economic history gave birth to a nexus of a) globalization b) increased systemic vulnerability and complexity and c) the transitions of terrorism. As a result, the post-9/11-era is one which should incorporate risk analysis audits on a regular basis, political and geopolitical risk research, the use of quantitative risk assessment and qualitative risk analysis to implement risk strategy planning, its management and appropriate risk transfer considerations.

Download or read book Political Terrorism and Business written by Yonah Alexander and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monographic compilation of essays dealing with political terrorism in enterprises and businesses in the USA and internationally - examines the potential threat of terrorist movements, corporate and top management targets, covers responses made by airlines, insurance companies, banks and police as well as government policy, and includes a chronology of transnational attacks upon American business people, 1968 to 1978. Bibliography pp. 319 to 329.

Download or read book The Impact of 9 11 on Business and Economics written by M. Morgan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-08-31 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Impact of 9/11 on Business and Economics is the second volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time.

Download or read book Global Business and the Terrorist Threat written by Harry Ward Richardson and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . a well-organized compendium, and although there is much technical data to support the varied theories, it is a comfortable read. . . This book represents a diverse and significant contribution to our ability, as a global nation and economy, to be resilient and recover quickly and efficiently when the time comes. Kathy Anne Wood, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management Global Business and the Terrorist Threat offers college-level business and security libraries a top pick charting overlapping areas of influence between business and terrorism from news effects on stock markets to the impact of terrorism on bilateral trade. . . Any advanced college-level business or social issues collection needs this unique analysis. The Midwest Book Review Global business is affected by global terrorism and the two are intricately linked on many levels. This book is an eclectic and enlightening compendium of research that explores the interrelationships between the two. A companion to and expansion on the authors previous books in the area, Global Business and the Terrorist Threat takes a closer look at practical business management, as influenced by terrorist infrastructure, networks and actions. Many overlapping areas of influence between business and terrorism are explored in depth in the book. Among other topics, the authors discuss terrorism and news flows and their effect on stock markets, as well as the effects of transitional terrorism on bilateral trade. The importance of business continuity in the face of ongoing threats is detailed, as are efforts to avoid inadvertent interactions with terrorist groups. Border issues, challenges of benefit cost analysis for terrorism security regulations, the impact of 9/11 on the travel industry and the assessment and management of global interdependent risks close out the book. This book will be a choice addition to the bookshelves of researchers and practitioners in international business, public policy, and terrorism and security.

Download or read book Terrorism the Worker and the City written by Luke Howie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon after watching the twin towers falling in New York, some of those with business responsibilities were already asking themselves whether people would be willing to work in tall buildings ever again. Is work too risky? How can people be expected to attend work in what might now be seen as precarious and vulnerable workplaces and cities? Although, thankfully, large scale terrorist attacks are infrequent, the world's cities, and the businesses to which they are home, have been put on notice that it can come to any place at any time. In Terrorism, the Worker and the City, Luke Howie considers what steps managers and employees can and should take to protect their businesses from such an amorphous and indefinable threat. Deftly combining theoretical insight with empirical research, he reveals how, despite an appearance of 'business as usual', fear; anxiety; and suspicion permeate workplaces, even in cities that may not be at the top of any terrorist group's target list. Using the Australian city of Melbourne, a cosmopolitan city and major business centre with nearly four million people, as a metaphor for other such cities around the world, Dr Howie's research has uncovered that even where they don't perceive a high level threat, business managers who might face having to account for themselves to some post event Inquiry have taken action in consequence of the situation. Often, that action amounts to the introduction of what can be described as 'Simulated Security'. This cannot ever provide certain protection from terrorist attack, but it may be the best we can reasonably do. There is also evidence that it can be effective in terms of providing the reassurance to counter the terrorist objective of disrupting normal life through fear. With its rigorous research compared with other more speculative works on this subject, Terrorism, the Worker and the City will appeal to city and business leaders and managers, and security professionals, as well as those in governmenta

Download or read book Terrorism and Collective Responsibility written by Burleigh Taylor Wilkins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The terrorist threat remains a disturbing issue for the early 1990s. This book explores whether terrorism can ever be morally justifiable and if so under what circumstances. Professor Burleigh Taylor Wilkins suggests that the popular characterisation of terrorists as criminals fails to acknowledge the reasons why terrorists resort to violence. It is argued that terrorism cannot be adequately understood unless the collective responsibility of organised groups, such as political states, for wrongs allegedly done against the groups which the terrorists represent is taken into account. Terrorism and Collective Responsibility provides an analysis of various models of collective responsibility, and it takes into account recent discussions of military responsibility and business ethics. The book also explores the problems that terrorism poses for the just war tradition. The arguments of prominent philosophers against terrorism are critically examined and the claim that terrorism necessarily violates the rights of innocent persons is considered. Wilkins sets forth an original definition of terrorism that is sure to provoke controversy.

Download or read book Business Under Fire written by Dan Carrison and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Terrorism and the Economy written by Loretta Napoleoni and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economist and best-selling author Loretta Napoleoni traces the link between the finances of the war on terror and the global economic crisis, finding connections from Dubai to London to Las Vegas that politicians and the media have at best ignored. In launching military and propaganda wars in the Middle East, America overlooked the war of economic independence waged by Al-Qaeda. The Patriot Act boosted the black market economy, and the war on terror prompted a rise in oil prices that led to food riots and distracted governments from the trillion-dollar machinations of Wall Street. Consumers and taxpayers, spurred by propaganda fears, were lured into crushing global debt. Napoleoni shows that if we do not face up to the many serious connections between our response to 9/11 and the financial crisis, we will never work our way out of the looming global recession that now threatens our way of life. While we feared that Al-Qaeda might destroy our world, Wall Street ripped it apart.

Download or read book Homeland Security and Private Sector Business written by Elsa Lee and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2008-10-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The challenge in combating terrorism is not that any of us could die tomorrow in an attack, but that we cannot seem to perform the basic functions of diagnosing and treating the problem so that it is manageable. Given this, and because public and private sector partnerships are critical to the success of this management, Homeland Security and Priva

Download or read book Business Under Fire written by Dan Carrison and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2004-11-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite facing the constant grim reality of terrorism, the Israeli economy is surprisingly robust. How do businesses in Israel stay viable in a chaotic environment, and how do they rebuild in the wake of destruction? Based on in-depth personal interviews conducted in Israel by the author, Business Under Fire offers inspirational and instructive stories about the techniques Israeli companies have used to thrive in the face of extraordinary adversity. Readers will learn how to: * prepare for the worst * find new markets and customer bases * motivate in a stressful, uncertain environment * make a profit under previously unimaginable conditions * make quick, intuitive decisions * build flexibility into long-term plans. Packed with fascinating first-person accounts from CEOs, managers, and in-the-trenches employees who have been through it all, Business Under Fire contains hard-won insights every business can learn from."

Download or read book Countering Terrorism written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Terrorism Inc written by Colin P. Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth, historical analysis of terrorism investigates the major funding streams of terrorists, insurgents, guerrillas, warlords, militias, and criminal organizations throughout the world as well as the efforts of the international community to thwart their efforts. Terrorist financing is an ongoing game of creating, concealing, and surreptitiously utilizing funds. This intriguing book considers every facet of guerrilla funding—from how activities are financed, to what insurgents do with the revenue they generate, to the range of countermeasures in place for deterring their moneymaking activities. Case studies prompt an analysis of past government responses and inform recommendations for countering irregular warfare worldwide. Author Colin P. Clarke presents the business side of terrorism, taking a look at the cash-producing ventures he labels "gray activities" such as diaspora support, charities, fraudulent businesses, front companies, and money laundering as well as "dark activities" including kidnapping for ransom, robbery, smuggling, trafficking, and extortion. He considers the transnational efforts to stop terrorist activities—from wiretaps and electronic surveillance to financial sanctions and the freezing of funds and accounts—and points to the emergence of interagency task forces for detaining and destroying the operations of major criminal organizations across the globe.

Download or read book Target Markets International Terrorism Meets Global Capitalism in the Mall written by Suzi Mirgani and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the points of convergence between corporate capitalist and terrorist practice. Assessing an increase in the number of terrorist attacks directed at commercial entities in urban areas, with an emphasis on the shopping mall in general and Nairobi's Westgate Mall in particular, Suzi Mirgani offers a fascinating and disturbing perspective on the spaces where the most powerful forces of contemporary culture - the most mainstream and the most extreme - meet on common ground.

Download or read book Web Data Mining and Applications in Business Intelligence and Counter Terrorism written by Bhavani Thuraisingham and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-06-26 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The explosion of Web-based data has created a demand among executives and technologists for methods to identify, gather, analyze, and utilize data that may be of value to corporations and organizations. The emergence of data mining, and the larger field of Web mining, has businesses lost within a confusing maze of mechanisms and strategies for obta

Download or read book Business Handbook on Terrorism Security and Survival written by Gerry S. Thomas and published by Vance Brook Pub. This book was released on 1995-06-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protecting businesses & their personnel against increasing threats of terrorism, mob violence & crime requires an informed methodical & consistent approach to personal safety. Prepared by a career professional in military intelligence, the BUSINESS HANDBOOK ON TERRORISM, SECURITY & SURVIVAL provides comprehensive guidelines for the individual business person to establish a complete program for effective personal, family & office security. Designed as both a planning & reference tool, this easy-to-read, up-to-date handbook addresses: assessing the threat at home & overseas; developing a system of "defense in depth" for business & residential security; minimizing office vulnerability; family security with special considerations for children; vehicle safety & defensive driving; security for rail, air, & sea travel; hotel security; planning for survival as a hostage; bomb threat planning with complete guidelines for recognition of vehicle, mail & parcel bombs; dealing safely with civil disturbances; comprehensive profiles of domestic & foreign terrorist groups & their American business targets; a resource guide covering the full range of equipment, supporting materials & training that business persons may require. Comprehensive reproducible checklists are also provided. "Terrific..a must for modern, global business." (The Book Reader) VISA/MC accepted for direct orders. From: Vance Brook Publishing, (800) 824-5810 or FAX (802) 429-2279, P.O. Box 35, West Newbury, VT 05085.

Download or read book The Terrorist Threat to Business written by Richard Latter and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While government and security forces have achieved successes against terrorism the overall effect has been containment rather than eradication. Between 1970 and 1990 an estimated 40,000 terrorist incidents occurred worldwide and approximately one-third of these were against business enterprises. The spend on security by companies has increased significantly in recent decades. This trend is likely to be reinforced as more victims of terrorism affected by attacks against companies make use of their legal opportunities to seek financial redress from the companies involved, as in the case of Pan-Am. This Wilton Park paper looks at the relationship between industry and government in preventing terrrorism.