Ethical approach towards shareholders' interests, in terms of value maximization within predefined risk appetite limits, is the fiduciary responsibility of the corporate governance bodies. However, numerous cases of excessive risk taking as well as inadequate management procedures demonstrate...

The growing popularity of fintechs has led the Financial Stability Board (FSB) to publish considerations about the effects of this emerging industry on stability and efficiency in the financial sector. Against this background, this paper compares the effects of competition and collaboration...

Natural disasters raise quite a number of interdisciplinary issues concerning regional economic growth and local development, as well as public finance and sustainability, to mention only a few of them. These issues deserve special attention in our globalized world, given the expectation of a...