Handbook on Information Technology in Finance
Published on 23. June 2008
Book
Hardback
XXXIII, 800 pages
978-3-540-49486-7 (ISBN)
Description
Why do we need a handbook on Information Technology (IT) and Finance? At first, because both IT as well as finance, are some of the most prominent driving forces of our contemporary world. Secondly, because both areas develop with a terrific speed causing an urgent need of up to date information on recent dev- opments. Thirdly, because serious applications of IT in Finance require specialists with a professional training and professional knowledge in both areas. Over the last decades the world has seen many changes in politics, economics, science and legislation. The driving forces behind many of these developments are of a technological nature. One of the key technologies with this respect is Infor- tion Technology. IT is the most prominent technology revolutionizing the ind- trial development, from products and processes to services, as well as finance, which is itself one of the central pillars of modern economics. The explosive - velopment of the Internet emphasizes the importance of IT, since it is today's key factor driving global access and availability of information and allows the division of labour on an international scale, the globalization. The profound transformation of finance and the financial industry over the last twenty years was driven by technological developments - e. g.
Reviews / Votes
Aus den Rezensionen: "... In einer bunten Mischung stehen ... strukturierende Ubersichtsartikel ... neben Erfahrungsberichten (z.B. uber das Corporate Treasury der BMW-Group), sowie Anwendungen aktueller IT Themen auf die Finanzwirtschaft (z.B. SOA oder Grid Computing). ... Die Auswahl der Artikel ist fur einen Sammelband erstaunlich trennscharf und vermittelt hervorragende Einblicke in ausgewahlte Problemstellungen und Losungsansatze unterschiedlicher Branchen, Prozesse und Regionen. ... Den Herausgebern ist ein Sammelband gelungen, der von Fachexperten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis, aber auch von Studierenden mit entsprechenden Schwerpunkten gleichermassen mit Gewinn gelesen werden kann." (http://www.wirtschaftsinformatik.de/index.php;do=show/site=wi/sid=9763316084a058975bfe9b167935758/alloc=14/id=48)More details
Series
Edition
2008 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XXXIII, 800 p.
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 49 mm
Weight
1402 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-49486-7 (9783540494867)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-540-49487-4
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Content
IT Systems, Infrastructure and Applications.- SOA in the Financial Industry - Technology Impact in Companies' Practice.- Information Systems and IT Architectures for Securities Trading.- Product Management Systems in Financial Services Software Architectures.- Management of Security Risks - A Controlling Model for Banking Companies.- Process-Oriented Systems in Corporate Treasuries: A Case Study from BMW Group.- Streamlining Foreign Exchange Management Operations with Corporate Financial Portals.- Capital Markets in the Gulf: International Access, Electronic Trading and Regulation.- Competition of Retail Trading Venues ? Online-brokerage and Security Markets in Germany.- Strategies for a Customer-Oriented Consulting Approach.- A Reference Model for Personal Financial Planning.- Internet Payments in Germany.- Grid Computing for Commercial Enterprise Environments.- Operational Metrics and Technical Platform for Measuring Bank Process Performance.- Risk and IT in Insurances.- Resolving Conceptual Ambiguities in Technology Risk Management.- Extracting Financial Data from SEC Filings for US GAAP Accountants.- IT Methods in Finance.- Networks in Finance.- Agent-based Simulation for Research in Economics.- The Heterogeneous Agents Approach to Financial Markets - Development and Milestones.- An Adaptive Model of Asset Price and Wealth Dynamics in a Market with Heterogeneous Trading Strategies.- Simulation Methods for Stochastic Differential Equations.- Foundations of Option Pricing.- Long-Range Dependence, Fractal Processes, and Intra-Daily Data.- Bayesian Applications to the Investment Management Process.- Post-modern Approaches for Portfolio Optimization.- Applications of Heuristics in Finance.- Kernel Methods in Finance.- Complexity of Exchange Markets.- FurtherAspects and Future Trends.- IT Security: New Requirements, Regulations and Approaches.- Legal Aspects of Internet Banking in Germany.- Challenges and Trends for Insurance Companies.- Added Value and Challenges of Industry-Academic Research Partnerships - The Example of the E-Finance Lab.