Banks are often smug about their management of risk. Smugness may well be justified for market and credit risks, but banks can learn much from industry about managing operational risk. In order to manage operational risk, industry has evolved enterprise risk/reward management systems which...

Designing a structure is a process with many buildups and many changes, induced by a combination of factors that are best highlighted by the evolution of organizational theories. All the innovations revealed and demonstrated so far have provided some support for the organizational structure, but...

This paper presents new evidence on managerial and organizational factors that explain firm level energy efficiency and TFP. We interviewed managers of 190 randomly selected manufacturing plants in the UK and matched their responses with official business microdata. We find that 'climate...

The nowadays accounting information user profile became more sophisticated and the financial reports face new challenges in accomplishing process to meet users' needs. The purpose of financial reports is to provide useful information to users. According to International Accounting Standards...

The profound economic and financial crisis that has globally manifested recently has highlighted the managers and systems management’s inability to identify in the early stage, the existing dangers and to design strategies to reduce the negative effects. Organizations that have developed a...

Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) is an increasingly popular subject of research which emphasizes the goals of achieving improved supply chain robustness through development of design and operational strategies. Disruption management is one aspect of SCRM which examines the ability of the...