Decision Support Systems and Financial Risk Assessment - An evaluative study
(2011) INFM02 20102Department of Informatics
- Abstract
- Despite the prevalence of FDSS in practice, and despite their significance both to the institutions using them and
the financial system in general, few scientific studies address this topic. No past studies have attempted to
evaluate FDSS in a financial risk management context. The objective of this research is to provide knowledge
into how such FDSS are used to support financial risk assessment at financial institutions, what considerations
are important for such systems to be deemed successful and to identify gaps between the FDSS provided and the
needs of financial institutions using them. For this purpose, I conduct an evaluative study of two systems used by
the Swedish National Debt Office to assess financial risk.
... (More) - Despite the prevalence of FDSS in practice, and despite their significance both to the institutions using them and
the financial system in general, few scientific studies address this topic. No past studies have attempted to
evaluate FDSS in a financial risk management context. The objective of this research is to provide knowledge
into how such FDSS are used to support financial risk assessment at financial institutions, what considerations
are important for such systems to be deemed successful and to identify gaps between the FDSS provided and the
needs of financial institutions using them. For this purpose, I conduct an evaluative study of two systems used by
the Swedish National Debt Office to assess financial risk.
This evaluation is based on my own adaptation of the DeLone & McLean (2003) model of IS success; thereby
creating a framework applicable to the assessment of FDSS supporting financial risk assessment. The resulting
framework recognizes the importance of system repute and assurance in the evaluation of such systems; with
user confidence bolstered by factors such as system transparency and knowledgeable service providers. I find
that measurements of net benefit include systems' contribution to loss prevention and the organizations' general
risk overview. Additionally, I find that net benefit measurement should consider systems' impact on
organizations' operational risk.
While some important factors remain inconclusive, my findings show that the FDSS evaluated at the Swedish
National Debt Office are reasonably successful. (Less)
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- author
- Holley, Matthew LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- INFM02 20102
- year
- 2011
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- DSS, FDSS, evaluation, DeLone and McLean model of IS success, financial risk assessment
- report number
- INFM02
- language
- English
- id
- 1939649
- date added to LUP
- 2011-05-18 10:19:09
- date last changed
- 2011-05-18 10:19:09
@misc{1939649, abstract = {{Despite the prevalence of FDSS in practice, and despite their significance both to the institutions using them and the financial system in general, few scientific studies address this topic. No past studies have attempted to evaluate FDSS in a financial risk management context. The objective of this research is to provide knowledge into how such FDSS are used to support financial risk assessment at financial institutions, what considerations are important for such systems to be deemed successful and to identify gaps between the FDSS provided and the needs of financial institutions using them. For this purpose, I conduct an evaluative study of two systems used by the Swedish National Debt Office to assess financial risk. This evaluation is based on my own adaptation of the DeLone & McLean (2003) model of IS success; thereby creating a framework applicable to the assessment of FDSS supporting financial risk assessment. The resulting framework recognizes the importance of system repute and assurance in the evaluation of such systems; with user confidence bolstered by factors such as system transparency and knowledgeable service providers. I find that measurements of net benefit include systems' contribution to loss prevention and the organizations' general risk overview. Additionally, I find that net benefit measurement should consider systems' impact on organizations' operational risk. While some important factors remain inconclusive, my findings show that the FDSS evaluated at the Swedish National Debt Office are reasonably successful.}}, author = {{Holley, Matthew}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Decision Support Systems and Financial Risk Assessment - An evaluative study}}, year = {{2011}}, }