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The concept of Value at Risk (VaR) is fast, replacing the standard deviation or volatility as a measure of risk. The book explores its many applications in managing stock equity and option portfolios, credit risk in banks to cope with forex rate risk, and others. Companies are seeing value in risk management departments and sophisticated technology to fight many quantifiable dangers and risks.
This book highlights the growing use of technology in financial services to provide better and faster service, easier access, and more transparency to customers and reduces transaction costs. Increased Internet connectivity has led to a greater integration and linkages in the global financial markets, creating a win-win situation for consumers and service providers. Now, traditional business methods have successfully combined with online services, as this book ...
With financial services becoming information-intensive, e-finance is on a roll as it offers more opportunities. It has also brought in the need for consumer and investor protection, more security, privacy, and transparency. Vol I begins with recent trends in e-finance, the impact on public policy, emergence of e-Banking, e-Cash Management, electronic payments and more. Cases on ICICI Bank, BellSouth Corporation and Charles Schwab are a highlight. Vol II discusses ...
This book looks at health services and health related information delivered through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Technologies are being used to improve healthcare locally and globally. It explores e-health in USA, data integration in healthcare, messaging systems and includes cases on Max Healthcare, Apollo, TeleHealth in India, electronic immunization registry in Bangladesh and WebMD.
With financial services becoming information-intensive, e-finance is on a roll as it offers more opportunities. It has also brought in the need for consumer and investor protection, more security, privacy, and transparency. Vol I begins with recent trends in e-finance, the impact on public policy, emergence of e-Banking, e-Cash Management, electronic payments and more. Cases on ICICI Bank, BellSouth Corporation and Charles Schwab are a highlight. Vol II discusses ...
With business environments changing, organizations must keep up with the fast pace, the constant change and the Internet that have altered the mode of business operations. This book explores new business practices and the new business models that are changing organizational structure such as B2B E-Business, B2C E-Business and M-business.
This case study series in e-business presents the five major online retailers and their strategies in successfully making the Internet the easiest, most convenient and fastest means of purchasing goods. This book talks about the integration of brick and mortar models and Internet technology with case studies on DoubleClick Inc., FedEx, Learn2.com and SciQuest.
Here's a book on IT infrastructure like hardware, software, wirelesses and mobile technologies that support the Internet and networking technologies. The cases included here detail companies like Cisco Systems, Dell Computers, Infospace, NTT DoCoMo, and Satyam Infoway.