Christof Weinhardt

Tim Weitzel

Fethi A. Rabhi

Federico Rajola

Dennis Kundisch

Daniel Veit

This book contains the revised papers of the 3rd International Workshop on Enterprise Applications and Services in the Finance Industry, FinanceCom 2007. It covers innovative applications of novel technology in banking and finance.

3rd International Workshop, FinanceCom 2007, Montreal, Canada, December 8, 2007, Revised Papers

Enterprise Applications and Services in the Finance Industry

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Enterprise Applications and Services in the Finance Industry, FinanceCom2008, held in Paris, France, on December 13, 2008. The workshop spans multiple disciplines, including technical, economic, sociological and behavioral sciences. The guiding theme of this workshop was concerned with innovations in the financial services industry, driven by either new business models or changed regulations. The nine presented papers and the keynote speech were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The topics covered are financial markets and customers, service-oriented architectures, and regulation and compliance.

4th International Workshop, FinanceCom 2008, Paris, France, December 13, 2008, Revised Papers

Standards play a prominent role in systems characterized by interaction. In information systems, standards provide for compatibility and are a prerequisite for collaboration benefits. More generally speaking, standards constitute networks. In this work, a standardization framework based on an analysis of deficiencies of network effect theory and a game theoretic network equilibrium analysis is developed. Fundamental determinants of diffusion processes in networks (e.g. network topology, agent size, installed base) are identified and incorporated into a computer-based simulation model. As a result, typical network behaviour (specific diffusion patterns) can be explained and many findings from traditional network effect theory can be described as special cases of the model at particular parameter constellations (e.g. low price, high density). On this basis, solution strategies for standardization problems are developed, and a methodological path towards a unified theory of networks is proposed.

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