Identifies some gaps in corporate risk management research and presents a study of risk management practices in large, non‐financial German firms. Compares the perceived relevance of different types of risk with the intensity of their management and reports that no respondents admitted major...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a model that retailers engaged in e‐commerce (e‐tailers) can use for determining the optimal mix of customer segments within a customer portfolio from an integrated risk and return perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Portfolio...

Project financing (PF) is a technique that lenders finance based on a project's future cash flow and asset value. PF based on business feasibility has emerged and is being adopted in the global market to promote and facilitate infrastructure projects. In this study, key financial factors...

Purpose – The most problematic area of any carbon policy debate is the treatment of incumbent CO2 intensive coal‐fired electricity generators. Policy applied to the electricity sector is rarely well guided by macroeconomic theory and modeling alone, especially in the case of carbon where the...

Purpose – This paper aims to present a multi-period dynamic power project financing model to produce pragmatic estimates of benchmark wholesale power prices based on the principles of normal profit. This, in turn, can guide policymakers as to whether price spikes or bidding above marginal cost...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of individual components' reliability on a system's reliability. The system refers to the Financial Management Information System (FMIS), the US Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) web‐based project approval and tracking...

Purpose – The paper seeks to develop an analytical theory of project investment. Design/methodology/approach – The authors derive a partial differential equation that the variable cost of a project should satisfy, determine a proper initial condition through a thought experiment, and solve...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify changes in bank lending criteria due to the global financial crisis (GFC) and to explore the associated impacts on new housing supply in Queensland, Australia. Design/methodology/approach – This research involves a survey of each of...

This paper traces the innovative development of the Nottingham Cochlear Implant Programmes. The paediatric programme was the first to be established in the UK in 1989 and remains the largest programme in the UK today, whilst the adult programme developed later, in 1994. The first section of the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the results of a survey conducted in Ghana and advances knowledge on determinants of contractors' capital investment financing strategy. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical investigation was conducted using survey questionnaire. The...