Accenture 2013 Global Risk Management Study Many organizations say they want to make better use of analytics, but it is apparent that there is still plenty of ground to cover here. High-performance risk management organizations are taking a focused approach to embed analytics into their management processes. They are doing so by, among other measures, improving data quality and developi…
The majority of the entries are written as closely as possible to the original perspectives of the influential writers and researchers who are associated with them. While all the important strategy and strategic management concepts are here, the primary aim in making these notes is to include (sometimes at length) ideas which are generally downplayed or neglected in the mainstream strategic ma…
The role of Bank is diversified into financial intermediaries, facilitator and supporter. Yet the banks place themselves as a trusted body for the depositors, business associates and investors. Liquidity risk may arise from these diverse operations, as they are fully liable to make available, liquidity when stipulated by the third party. Additional efforts are required by Islamic banks for scal…
“The Essentials of Strategic Management” provides us with a short, concise explanation of the most important concepts and techniques in strategic management. It is a rigorous explanation of many topics and concerns in strategic management
This book is not for knowledge management experts and practitioners. It is for those who have no previous background on knowledge management but would like to know something about the subject. The purpose of this book is to provide an introduction to the various elements of knowledge management. It is meant for a wide audience of readers interested in gaining some understanding of the basi…
This book will explore issues critical for success in providing e-banking. The aim is to assist organizations in utilising the opportunities offered by this relatively new set of technologies. This book largely restricts itself to the organizational view of the problem, and is therefore primarily focused on organizational internal factors. External factors, such as the political or econ…
The American health care delivery system is in need of fundamental change. Many patients, doctors, nurses, and health care leaders are concerned that the care delivered is not, essentially, the care we should receive (Donelan et al., 1999; Reed and St. Peter, 1997; Shindul-Rothschild et al., 1996; Taylor, 2001). The frustration levels of both patients and clinicians have probably never been hi…
The study carried out an empirical investigation into the quantitative effect of credit risk on the performance of commercial banks in Nigeria over the period of 11 years (2000-2010). Five commercial banking firms were selected on a cross sectional basis for eleven years. The traditional profit theory was employed to formulate profit, measured by Return on Asset (ROA), as a function of the rati…