The purpose of this paper is to analyze the vertical disintegration of the bank loan origination value chain. This paper conducts a study on the credit information market from the perspective of the bank's decision to vertically disintegrate the loan origination value chain. The main aim is to...

The paper provides a theoretical analysis of the interest rate risk in banking through a systemic approach that is known in literature as “asset & liability management” approach.The paper provides also an empirical investigation on the exposure of banks to interest rate risk, using three...

This paper aims to point out some strategic and operating issues concerning the economics of information technology in the retail banking industry. The first section of this paper explains the economic reasons behind the trend in the Italian retail banking market. The second section analyses the...

This paper aims to investigate the impacts of technological innovations in banking firms. In particular, it aims to explore some strategic and operating issues concerning the production and distribution processes of banking instruments and services. The first section of this paper describes the...

Italian Abstract: Il presente lavoro è volto ad analizzare le principali determinanti dell'evoluzione della catena del valore del rischio di credito nell'attività di intermediazione creditizia. Il paradigma dei costi di transazione, che sottende le decisioni aziendali di make or buy,...

This paper analyzes the vertical disintegration of the bank loan origination value chain. This paper argues that in order to capture the drivers underlying the dynamic evolution of the vertical scope of bank loan origination business models, the above perspectives must be combined and further...

Project finance has emerged as a leading way to finance large projects in energy industry. The basic characteristic of project finance is that lenders loan money for the development of a project solely based on the specific project's risks and future cash flows. This highlights a key feature of...

The interest rate risk is the degree of exposure of a bank's financial condition to adverse movements in interest rates. Changes in interest rates affect a bank's earnings by changing its net interest income and the level of other interest-sensitive income and operating expenses. Changes in...

The paper evaluates the impact of the new bank capital adequacy framework on the bank lending business model. Particularly, the first section compares the standardized approach with the internal rating based approach. The second section analyses the impact of the rating quantification and rating...