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Seminar on Multimodal Logistics In Disaster Relief
October 21, 2016
By: Syed Tariq This paper aims to study multimodal logistics planning in disaster scenarios through literature review and two case studies. It builds a framework around the types of problems addressed in operations research literature and the two phases of disaster operations—preparation and response. The multimodal logistics literature in disaster scenarios is mapped on this framework. It uncovers
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Seminar on An Inquiry On Systematic Risks Of Islamic And Conventional Sectors
November 4, 2016
By: Dr. Syed Aun R. Rizvi In lieu of the scant research on systematic risk on Islamic stock markets, this paper aims to analysis the nature of time-varying systematic risk for both Islamic and non-Islamic sectorial indices. This study is novel in its analysis of behavioral changes of beta according to global economic state and whether Islamic sectors are less risky over a continuous basis beta. Taking daily returns of
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Seminar on Risk Analysis of CPEC
December 2, 2016
By: Dr Fahad Mehmood China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a part of "One Belt, One Road" Chinese plan of investing more than $50 billion in Pakistan. This project has been dubbed as a “game changer” by Pakistan Prime Minister because of the economic and geo-political implications. However, there are a lot of
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