Striving for efficient asset allocation investors usually have limited risk bearingability. This results in an upper limit for their portfolio volatility that must not be exceeded.Ensuring compliance with this risk limit at any point in time is essentially complicated bytwo factors: First,...

Auf Kundenindividualität ausgerichtete Geschäftsmodelle sind insbesondere für Unternehmenin wettbewerbsintensiven Märkten erfolgskritisch. Unternehmen, welche gekoppelteAbsatz- und Finanzierungsgeschäfte anbieten, sind dabei sowohl dem Absatzrisikoihrer Produkte als auch dem Risiko hoher...

IT fashions are IT innovations within a hyped phase. They are on the rise and claimed to be “the next big thing”. Investing in IT fashions bears potential for high returns in case the technology becomes institutionalized and first mover advantages can be realized. Contrary, it bears the risk...

Unbestritten hat sich die Prozessorientierung spätestens seit den 1990er Jahren als ein zentrales Paradigmader Organisationsgestaltung etabliert. Seitdem haben alle Teilaufgaben des Prozessmanagementseine Reifung durchlaufen. Prozessmanagement-Entscheidungen hingegen mangelt es an...

Während Multiple-Sourcing-Strategien zur Steuerung von Ausfallrisikenin der Industrie bereits gängige Praxis sind, spielen sie bei Finanzdienstleistern auch beizeitkritischen Transaktionen bisher keine Rolle. Grund hierfür sind die hohen Kosten für dietechnische Integration von...

Risk/return management has not only evolved as one of the key success factors for enterprisesespecially in the financial services industry, but is in the times of the economic crisis initiated by thefinancial markets crucial for the survival of a company. It demands powerful and at the same...

This paper shares experiences from action research carried out by the author in an SME business setting where collaboration is becoming a strategic necessity. Many industry participants are interested in entering a collaboration, but are concerned about issues of trust, particularly where a new...

Fractional interests in commercial property have taken on increased importance as institutional investors seek to manage single-asset risk in their property portfolios. By assessing the ownership arrangements of over 8,000 commercial properties, the level of fractional interests in listed...

Recent finance and real estate empirical and analytical studies have demonstrated that downside risk appears as an intuitively appealing risk measure in which it is more consistent with investors' behaviours. Conversely, qualitative studies into the behaviours of investors, particularly real...

This thesis presents empirical research into the project risk pricing decision undertaken by Australian project leaders for domestic project finance. It addresses questions about the relative importance of various project finance risks on the project risk pricing decision; the impact of risk...