Most research about financial stability and sustainable growth focuses on the financial sector and macroeconomics and neglects the real sector, microeconomics and psychology issues. Real-sector and financial-sectors linkages are increasing and are a foundation of economic/social/environmental/urban sustainability, given financial crises, noise, internet, "transition economics", disintermediation, demographics and inequality around the world. Within complex systems theory framework, this book analyses some multi-sided mechanisms and risk-perception that can have symbiotic relationships with financial stability, systemic risk and/or sustainable growth. Within the context of Regret Minimization, MN-Transferable Utility and WTAL, new theories-of-the-firm are developed that consider sustainable growth, price stability, globalization, financial stability and birth-to-death evolutions of firms. This book introduces new behaviour theories pertaining to real estate and intangibles, which canaffect the evolutions of risk-taking and risk perception within organizations and investment entities. The chapters address elements of the dilemma of often divergent risk perceptions of, and risk-taking by corporate executives, regulators and investment managers.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Competition, Equity-Based Incentives and Risk Under Combined MN-TU, Regret-Minimization and Perception Regimes.- Chapter 3. Group Decision-Making and Risk in REITs and "RECs" (Companies That Own Substantial Real Estate)-Theories of Antitrust, Games and Psychology.- Chapter 4. Incentive-Auctions and Investment-Committee Decisions: The Case of "ESOARS" and "Auction-Rate Securities" ("ARS"); and a Critique of Third-Generation Prospect Theory and Related Methods.- Chapter 5. Goodwill and Intangibles Accounting Rules: Behavioral Issues, Risk Perception and Financial Stability.- Chapter 6. A Spatio-Temporal Cognition Index of the Seller's Propensity-To-Sell Real Estate.- Chapter 7. The Choice Between Organic Growth and Franchising; and the Retailer's Choice Between Online and Physical Stores Under Combined MN-Transferable-Utility, WTAL, Perception and Regret-Minimization Regimes.- Chapter 8. On Franchise Royalty Rates, Franchise Fees and Incentive Effects.- Chapter 9. International Capital Flows, Complexity and Climate Finance: Some Enterprise-Risk and Risk-Premia Implications of Board-Governance Models and the Corporations-Model.- Chapter 10. Efficiency of Numerical Methods and Algorithms for Turning-Point Problems, Alternative Risk Premia and Bankruptcy Prediction Given Anomalies Inherent in Dividend-Equivalent-Rights (DERs) and Accelerated Share Repurchases (ASRs).- Chapter 11. Repeated Decisions in Financial Distress.- Chapter 12. Complex Systems, International Political Economy and the Externalities/Governmental-Influence Theory of the Firm.- Chapter 13. Complex Systems, Political Economy and the Behavioral/Contracts Theory of the Firm.- Chapter 14. Complex Systems, International Political Economy and the Communications/Information-Differential Theory of the Firm.- Chapter 15. Complexity and Some Numerical Turning-Point Problems Inherent in Excessive Outstanding Shares.- Chapter 16. Conclusion.- Chapter 17. Bibliography.