Traditional capital budgeting models price only systemic risk. However, insurers and banks seek to manage their total risk. With the help of modern information systems and information technology, bankers and insurers are able to get timely information on the risk exposures of their multiple...

This paper tackles the question of whether the risks inherent in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) differ significantly from the risks of Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO), and subsequently investigates which are the most salient risks inherent in BPO. By applying structured expert...

The first part of the paper explains the following notions: what a credit crunch is, causes of the credit crunch, current social issues related to the credit crunch, and effects that the credit crunch has had on the US economy. The second part entails the analysis of hypotheses and...

The paper introduces a new framework for assessing banks and financial firms using an intelligent model. The new assessment model uses heterogeneous variables evaluations and includes different business aspects of the company. A production-based rules model is provided, which includes...