Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to show how the influence of the diffusion speed of a financial innovation (FI) increases the operational risk (OR) in any business line with different rate.Design/methodology/approach - A stochastic model is considered presenting the influence of diffusion...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between operational risk management (ORM), size, and ownership of Indian banks. This is important in the context of financial crisis experienced by developed countries due to lax regulation. Design/methodology/approach ORM...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between corporate risk and the interaction between CEO incentive compensation and CEO overconfidence.Design/methodology/approach – This empirical study performs random and fixed effects regression analysis. It uses...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to directly examine the information hypothesis of S&P 500 index inclusion announcements by investigating the degree to which information beyond Standard & Poor's eight stated criteria enters the inclusion decision. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose -The purpose of this study is to describe the experiences with the development and use of an agile component-based architecture for enabling the requirements for the transformation of financial services. Design/methodology/approach - The methodology used is a case study. Findings -The...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide a bird's eye overview of the special issue and its significance. Design/methodology/approach - The paper reviews relevant topics and provide perspective. Findings -Critical areas and future focus are identified in the paper. Practical...

Purpose -Existing empirical evidence indicates internet banks worldwide have underperformed newly chartered traditional banks mainly because of their higher overhead costs. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of internet banking services on credit union activity....

Purpose - This purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the status of e-finance and discuss related issues and challenges. Provides data about growth of e-finance in the last decade. Introduces advances and innovations in e-finance and challenges facing the financial services and IT...

Outlines the internet’s contribution to the US economy with particular reference to the growth of online investing since 1994. Presents a study of the factors leading to this growth and its impact on the industry. Tabulates the market shares and stock commissions of the top ten online brokers,...

This paper investigates the impact of earnings management on value relevance of accounting information in the context of Japan. Researchers carrying out earnings management research usually rely on the Jones (1991) or the modified Jones model (1995) to disaggregate accruals into its...