Understanding risks faced by firms and their reactions in response to those risks requires analysis of the ambiguities inherent in human behaviour. Yet, evidence from two case studies on investment and insurance professionals in the finance industry suggest that more focus on human capital may...

Human capital risk permeates all other risks in a financial institution as was evidenced by the global financial crisis and subsequent events, but anecdotal evidence suggests this overriding risk was not well understood. The authors applied for and were successful in obtaining a grant from the...

Purpose – Institutional investors need to move beyond first- and second-generation interpretations of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) (based on negative filters), and also beyond third and fourth generations (based on positive and integrated...