Modelling the Survival of Financial and Industrial Enterprises

Dimitris N. Chorafas served on the faculty of the Catholic University of America and as Visiting Professor at Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, University of Florida, and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, as well as the University of Alberta, Technical University of Karlsruhe, Ecole d'Etudes Industrielles de l'Université de Genève, Ecole Polytechnic Fédérale de Lausanne, Polish Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences. More than 8,000 banking, industrial and government executives participated in his seminars in the United States, England, Germany, Italy, other European countries, Asia and Latin America. Chorafas is the author of 160 books, translated into several languages world-wide.

• Science and the Solution of Real Life Business Problems Is the Work of Financial Analysts Worth the Cost and the Effort? The Contribution of Modelling and Experimentation in Modern Business Practical Applications: The Assessment of Creditworthiness Debts and the Use of Models in Evaluating Credit Risk Models for Actuarial Science and the Cost of Money Scenario Analysis and the Delphi Method Financial Forecasting and Economic Predictions Reliable Financial Reporting and Market Discipline The Models Contribution: Examples with Value at Risk and the Monte Carlo Method Is Value at Risk an Alternative to Setting Limits Errors in Prognostication Model Risk is part of Operational Risk