27 November 2007

Call for papers: Financial Services Industry: Emerging Challenges and Prospects

Call for papers: Financial Services Industry: Emerging Challenges and Prospects

A special issue of International Journal of Financial Services Management

Over the last few decades there has been a series of substantial changes in the Financial Services industry. Recent advances in policy-making, regulatory framework, information and communication technology and risk management practices, all combined with the explosive growth in the volume of cross border capital flows, have led to an increasing demand for effective, efficient and prudent deployment of economic capital. The objective of this special issue is to bring together current theoretical and empirical research on the issues highlighted above and investigate their implications with regards to the Financial Services industry.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
  • Risk management and incentives
  • Efficiency
  • Bank safety and banking supervision
  • Regulatory framework
  • Corporate ownership
  • Control and corporate governance
  • Mergers and acquisitions activities
  • The availability of credit
  • Risk management and insurance
  • Macroeconomic fluctuations
  • Systemic risk
  • Competitive effects across banks and countries
  • Market discipline
  • Liquidity management
  • Developed and/or/vs. developing areas
Important Dates
1-2 Page Abstract: 31 May 2008
Submission of Manuscripts: 31 August 2008
Notification to Authors: 30 October 2008
Final Versions Due: 15 January 2009

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