Risk management versus operational action: Basel II in a Swedish context

Management Accounting Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-68

  Wahlström, Gunnar ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bank managers; Basel II; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 58749103646     PISSN: 10445005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mar.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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