Search Results - "Risk management"

The market's evaluation of off-balance sheet banking risk: a methodological reexamination

Hassan, M. Kabir; Karels, Gordon V.; Peterson, Manferd O. - 1991

The empirical literature, to date, has ignored the impact of Off-balance sheet (OBS) banking activities on the default-risk premia borne by bank subordinated debtholders. This paper examines the "market discipline" of OBS activities by employing a contingent claims pricing model to the...

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The off-balance sheet banking risk of large U.S. commercial banks

Hassan, M. Kabir - 1991

Off-Balance Sheet (OBS) activities of large U.S. commercial banks have been growing rapidly in recent years. These activities represented 58% of total bank assets in 1984 and grew to 176% of total bank assets in 1988. Bank regulators are concerned that OBS activities increase bank risk, and...

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The Role of Product Cues in Assessing Risk in Second‐hand Markets

Gabbott, Mark - In: European Journal of Marketing 25 (1991) 9, pp. 38-50

In assessing the consumer′s response to risk two main risk reduction strategies have been identified, those of information search and the reliance on product cues. The role of product cues in providing information in second‐hand markets is assessed. A reconceptualisation of the existing...

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Avoiding Pollution Penalties: Risk Management is the Key

In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 91 (1991) 5, pp. 17-18

level of physical risk management, prevention rather than cure, involving total management commitment, the existence of …

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OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF RETAIL FRANCHISES

Baron, Steve; Schmidt, Ruth A. - In: International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 19 (1991) 2

Through an exploratory study, based on interviews with retail franchisees and franchisers belonging to the British Franchise Association, the operational nature of the relationship between franchisee and franchiser is explored. The views of franchisees and franchisers on the nature and level of...

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An Alternative Approach for Controlling Statistical Audit Sampling Risks

Thompson, James H.; Ward, Bart H. - In: Managerial Auditing Journal 6 (1991) 3

Traditional approaches to risk control used for planning, executing, and evaluating substantive audit tests focus primarily on the risk of accepting a materially misstated amount (β risk) and only consider passively the risk of rejecting a correctly stated amount (α risk). This article...

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Venture Capital Financing with Staged Investment, AgencyConflicts and Asymmetric Beliefs

Giat, Yahel - 2005

We consider a risk averse entrepreneur who approaches a diversified venture capitalist (VC) for financing of a project with positive potential return. We develop several models that capture key features of the venture financing, including staged investment, VC oversight costs and agency...

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Gérer les risques à l'hôpital : de l'inquiétude des acteurs à la méthode

Husson, Julien - 2005

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Operational risk management and new computational needs in banks

PHAM-HI, Duc - Society for Computational Economics - SCE - 2005

policy solution for operational risk management, based on this HJB equation. It is argued that while this complex, high … to managing budgets, as opposed to a policy of operational risk management made up from disconnected expenditures. Such … will first state the problem and present its parameters. It then spells out the equations that represent a rational risk …

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Valuation of Accident Reduction

Mackie, Peter; Nellthorp, John; Laird, James - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2005

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