– This valuable edition brings together 25 peer reviewed articles on technical, socio-economic, environmental and policy aspects of flood risk management. Some emerging technologies are presented and several future challenges are identified. Thus the book forms an excellent reference for the engineers, scientists, planners, policy-makers, researchers, insurance industry and all the practitioners involved in flood risk management.< 600 pp. Englisch

The European market presents numerous opportunities and challenges for business enterprises. In this anthology, lecturers and researchers of Saarland Universitys Europa-Institut present the latest findings and trends of their most important research topics. They discuss the present state of the art in European management, focussing on the areas of marketing & commerce, finance, human resource management & entrepreneurship, as well as European policy. Important environmental changes like the EU enlargement have been taken into account and the consequential challenges for Old Europe concerning management and policy are identified and analysed.Strategic Management – New Rules for Old Europe addresses researchers, students and executives in the areas of international management, business administration, organisation, marketing, commerce and human resource management.Univ.-Professor Dr. Christian Scholz holds the chair in Business Administration, in particular Organisation, Human Resource Management and Information Management at Saarland University, Germany. He is Director of the Institute of Management Competence and Director of the Europa-Institut at Saarland University, Germany. Univ.-Professor Dr. Joachim Zentes holds the chair in Business Administration, in particular Foreign Trade and International Management at Saarland University, Germany. He is Director of the Institute for Commerce & International Marketing and Director of the Europa-Institut at Saarland University, Germany.