Risk Management in Financial Firms
Risk Management in Financial Firms is a research topic within Accounting. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1953. 17.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the various aspects of enterprise risk management, including the use of derivatives, hedging strategies, exchange rate exposure, firm value implications, corporate governance influence, and financial risk assessment. The research explores the relationship between risk management practices and firm performance in the context of finance and business operations.
- Derivatives
- Hedging
- Exchange Rate Exposure
- Firm Value
- Corporate Governance
- Financial Risk
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Foreign Currency Derivatives
- Operational Hedging
- Risk Measurement
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 2.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Risk Management in Financial Firms research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (459 and 372 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 459 works
- 2 United States 372 works
- 3 Indonesia 298 works
- 4 India 211 works
- 5 United Kingdom 132 works
- 6 Türkiye 121 works
- 7 Nigeria 113 works
- 8 Malaysia 87 works
- 9 Brazil 81 works
- 10 Poland 73 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
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Which institutions lead Risk Management in Financial Firms research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Indonesia publishes the most Risk Management in Financial Firms research, followed by Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Universiti Teknologi MARA.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 23 works
- 2 Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania 15 works
- 3 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 13 works
- 4 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 10 works
- 5 Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina 10 works
- 6 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya 10 works
- 7 Clinical Research Consultants (United States)United States 9 works
- 8 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 9 works
- 9 Nigerian Defence AcademyNigeria 9 works
- 10 Financial UniversityRussia 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Risk Management in Financial Firms?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Risk Management in Financial Firms include René M. Stulz, Geert Bekaert and Clifford W. Smith.
- 1 René M. Stulz United States 4.4k citations
- 2 Geert Bekaert United States 2.5k citations
- 3 Clifford W. Smith United States 2.2k citations
- 4 David A. Wood United States 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Risk Management in Financial Firms research done?
The largest centres of Risk Management in Financial Firms research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nairobi.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- NairobiKE · 30.5 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Risk Management in Financial Firms than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Risk Management in Financial Firms?
Among universities, judged by research, Nigerian Defence Academy, Bucharest University of Economic Studies and Central University of Finance and Economics score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigerian Defence AcademyNigeria | 65.2 | 43.6% | 62.5× | 9 | — |
| 2 | Bucharest University of Economic StudiesRomania | 62.0 | 21.9% | 28.1× | 16 | +76.5% |
| 3 | Central University of Finance and EconomicsChina | 58.1 | 36.1% | 26.4× | 10 | -58.2% |
| 4 | University of IndonesiaIndonesia | 49.4 | 10.3% | 5.9× | 23 | +519.7% |
| 5 | Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyKenya | 47.9 | 0.0% | 25.8× | 10 | +694.0% |
| 6 | Financial UniversityRussia | 43.9 | 15.7% | 11.6× | 8 | — |
| 7 | Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia | 39.1 | 17.0% | 5.4× | 13 | +84.4% |
| 8 | University of JohannesburgSouth Africa | 37.2 | 20.4% | 4.9× | 10 | +81.3% |
| 9 | National University of MalaysiaMalaysia | 35.0 | 22.6% | 4.5× | 9 | +118.1% |
| 10 | Kenyatta UniversityKenya | 33.2 | 0.0% | 17.7× | 8 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Risk Management in Financial Firms research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Risk Management in Financial Firms.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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