Globalization of markets, the extremely fast pace of technology, especially in communications technology, increasingly fierce competition between credit institutions to provide the most competitive products and services to customers led to an acceleration of activities in the banking system internationally. The cooperative banks have undergone extensive reforms since 2006, pursuing their re…
The challenges that complicate strategic management in emerging industries, like the renewable energy industry, motivate this dissertation. In particular, difficulties stemming from the industrial context, from environmental uncertainty, and from manager-stakeholder interactions are discussed. The most prominent environmental hurdles are thereby to be found in the areas of regulation, technolog…
Financial risk management is a huge field with diverse and evolving components, as evidenced by both its historical development (e.g. Diebold, 2012 ) and current best practice (e.g. Stulz, 2002 ). One such component—probably the key component—is risk measurement , in particular the measurement of financial asset-return volatilities and correlations (henceforth “volatilities”). Cruci…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of firm size on enterprise risk management for the listed firms in Kenya. Effectiveness of enterprise risk management is measured by financial performance of the listed firms. A descriptive research design was used. Theoretically, ERM adds value to an organization, however there is disagreement among scholars on whether ERM add value to a…
The purpose of this Guideline is to facilitate implementation of requirements contained in the Strategic Management Specification with regard to the development and implementation of key performance indicators. This Guideline explains how to develop and use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for records management. It is based on a number of methodologies for developing KPIs in general whic…
The purpose of this Guideline is to facilitate implementation of requirements contained in the Strategic Management Specification with regard to the development and implementation of key performance indicators. This Guideline explains how to develop and use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for records management. It is based on a number of methodologies for developing KPIs in general which we…
Most oil and gas companies do not like to consider themselves “energy traders.” In their view, energy trading is more closely associated with investment banks and merchant energy companies. However, nearly all oil and gas companies are exposed to conditions or are engaged in activities that contribute to a risk profile that is very similar to that of an energy trading concern. Oil an…
Accenture 2013 Global Risk Management Study Many organizations say they want to make better use of analytics, but it is apparent that there is still plenty of ground to cover here. High-performance risk management organizations are taking a focused approach to embed analytics into their management processes. They are doing so by, among other measures, improving data quality and developi…
The majority of the entries are written as closely as possible to the original perspectives of the influential writers and researchers who are associated with them. While all the important strategy and strategic management concepts are here, the primary aim in making these notes is to include (sometimes at length) ideas which are generally downplayed or neglected in the mainstream strategic ma…
The role of Bank is diversified into financial intermediaries, facilitator and supporter. Yet the banks place themselves as a trusted body for the depositors, business associates and investors. Liquidity risk may arise from these diverse operations, as they are fully liable to make available, liquidity when stipulated by the third party. Additional efforts are required by Islamic banks for scal…
“The Essentials of Strategic Management” provides us with a short, concise explanation of the most important concepts and techniques in strategic management. It is a rigorous explanation of many topics and concerns in strategic management
This book is not for knowledge management experts and practitioners. It is for those who have no previous background on knowledge management but would like to know something about the subject. The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the various elements of knowledge management. It is meant for a wide audience of readers interested in gaining some understanding of the basi…
This book will explore issues critical for success in providing e-banking. The aim is to assist organizations in utilising the opportunities offered by this relatively new set of technologies. This book largely restricts itself to the organizational view of the problem, and is therefore primarily focused on organizational internal factors. External factors, such as the political or econ…