This paper aims to point out how standardization and financial innovation are putting under pressure the traditional economics of banking.It is argued that the progressive standardization and information technology innovation, with special reference to internal rating systems, risk management...

The accepted wisdom — that a lawyer who becomes a corporate director has a fool for a client — is outdated. The benefits of lawyer-directors in today's world significantly outweigh the costs. Beyond monitoring, they help manage litigation and regulation, as well as structure compensation to...

We study the effect of information technology (IT) investment and merger integration on the value derived from 118 mergers in the U.S. banking industry. We quantify integration depth based on expenditures in merger-related integration, and examine how pre-merger IT intensity of the acquiring...

From its beginning in mid-2000s, the crowdsourcing and collective intelligence initiatives have evolved into an emerging research field. The main objective of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the “research landscape” of the emerging field of crowdsourcing/collective...

This paper adopts a business management perspective of studies to examine the role of the credit information market in the bank lending industry. This paper analyzes the credit information market as a particular case of vertical disintegration in the bank credit origination value chain. The main...

The paper analyses the different approaches to measure the impact of funding and market liquidity risk in the economics and management of banks. The paper provides also an analysis of the organisational implications of the asset and liability management perspective of liquidity risk. Liquidity...

International Organization for Standardization's Guidance published in 2010 defines Social responsibility as the responsibility of an organisation for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society and the environment, through transparent and ethical behaviour that Contributes to...

This work investigates the relationship between intellectual capital and value creation in the sector of Production and Assembly of Vehicles and Auto-parts in Brazil. Through the access of the database from the Annual Industrial Research conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and...

The study of intangible assets has been attracting growing attention of investors and companies in the last years, mainly due to its potential effect in the creation of value. This interest raises important questions regarding models to evaluate, assess and measure intangible assets and to link...

Economists have concluded that the intangible assets growth have exceeded expectations in the last years. Although there is no general agreement on its conceptualization the intangible assets's effects in the company's statements have been widely recognized, raising interest from researchers and...