 | HFSP-2024: Handbook of Financial Services Performance |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hfsp2024 |
| Poster | download |
| Abstract registration deadline | October 1, 2024 |
| Decision on Abstract | October 1, 2024 |
| Submission deadline | October 1, 2024 |
| Last date to submit the Full Paper | March 1, 2025 |
| Comments after blind peer review | April 1, 2025 |
| Last date to submit after revision | July 1, 2025 |
| Publication of the Book | December 1, 2025 |
| Contact Details | Dr. Bhagirath Prakash Baria - +91-9316054394, Email: handbookworldscientific2024@gmail.com |
About the Book
This book presents a comprehensive and state-of-the-art coverage of the theory and empirics on the performance analysis of the financial services industry with an international perspective. The economics of financial services industries is captured through the performance evaluation of banking, insurance, and other financial services, using both analytical and empirical approaches. This book examines the theoretical debates using both macro and granular data. Detailed assessment of how the theory of performance measurement in financial services has evolved through different stages of conceptual metamorphosis is conducted through systematic reviews of the literature on this issue. Scientific review methodologies such as the SPAR-4-SLR, PRISMA, and bibliometric analyses are employed from a global perspective with a special focus on emerging economies. Thereafter, empirical analyses of the Productivity, Efficiency, and Profitability (PEP) dimensions for financial services industries are examined. Crisply framed essays are provided on each of these dimensions using state-of-the-art parametric and non-parametric methodologies. Parametric approaches delve into advanced models such as Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA), Solow Growth Models (SGM), and time-series econometric frameworks. Non-parametric models delve into Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) including its extensions such as dynamic DEA, hybrid DEAs, and Fuzzy DEA, among others. Furthermore, advanced issues at the frontier in this subject such as Machine Learning approaches are also incorporated. The book moves beyond efficiency analysis and conceptualizes performance in an inclusive and holistic sense by incorporating productivity and profitability dimensions also. Diverse data sets from various economies are incorporated.
This book brings together authors from truly diverse backgrounds to deliberate on the theory and empirics of performance measurement for financial services. Unlike any competitive title, this book provides a comprehensive examination of this issue using diverse data sets from multiple economies, employing a range of econometric and non-parametric models, and bringing forth key theoretical debates, all into one single compact volume. This allows the readers to delve deeper into the frontiers of this subject while providing a compact volume for postgraduate courses focused on financial economics, macroeconomics, and financial services management. The book cuts across debates and issues in this domain. It presents a holistic view while ensuring state-of-the-art content that will propel the literature forward into newer directions. Lastly, the book is edited by four seasoned academics among whom some have over four decades of rich experience working in this area. Each editor brings with them a rich perspective on this subject from different disciplines, ensuring a highly accessible volume that academics, researchers and policymakers will find invaluable in their quest to understand the performance of financial services.
Submission Guidelines for Abstract
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to any other journal or book. The following guidelines are to be kindly observed while preparing the abstract and manuscript.
- 1. The abstract should include the following:
- Clear title of the paper.
- Full Names and affiliations of the authors (both single-author and multi-author submissions are acceptable).
- Email addresses of all the authors.
- 4-6 Keywords.
- JEL Codes (can be found here: https://www.aeaweb.org/jel/guide/jel.php).
- Declaration statement stating that the article is ORIGINAL and has not been submitted or is being considered elsewhere.
- The theme/section for which it is being submitted. This is critical to classify and locate your work in the larger structure of the book.
- The abstract can be up to 3 A4-sized pages.
- 2. The maximum word limit for the abstract is 500 words and the minimum limit is 200 words.
- 3. The abstract should focus on the following:
- 3.1. For Abstracts on Theme I and Theme II (review/analytical/perspective articles:
- The nature of the paper (review/conceptual/perspective/narrative).
- Type of review (systematic/narrative).
- Method of review (SPAR-4-SLR, PRISMA-based, Bibliometric approach, Meta-analytic, etc.).
- Number of studies covered in the article.
- Key findings.
- 3.2. For Abstracts on Theme III of the book (empirical articles)
- Key issue being analysed (whether efficiency, productivity or profitability).
- Main objective of the study.
- Method used (non-parametric, econometric, or others such as machine learning).
- Type of data used (cross-sectional, time-series, panel data).
- Scope (single country, international, global).
- Findings.
- Limitations.
- 3.1. For Abstracts on Theme I and Theme II (review/analytical/perspective articles:
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Guidelines for Paper Preparation and Submission
The detailed guidelines for the preparation of the full paper will be shared upon acceptance of the abstract.
Submission Mode for Abstracts
Abstracts are to be submitted in Microsoft Word or PDF formats at handbookworldscientific2024@gmail.com
List of Topics
Submissions are invited on the following themes and this list is not exhaustive. Submissions focusing on any aspect of the performance analysis in the financial services domain will be considered.
Theme 1: Theory of Performance Analysis for Financial Services [Conceptual/Perspective/Review/Historical Perspective articles]
1. Performance measurement theory and its evolution
2. Systematic Review of literature on performance analysis of financial services
Theme 2: Analytical Perspectives [Conceptual/Perspective/Review/Analytical/Descriptive articles]
3. Output measurement debates in financial services
4. Technology and performance analysis in the financial services domain
5. Finance-Growth nexus
6. Review on ‘Performance evaluation in the banking industry’
7. Review on ‘Performance evaluation in insurance and reinsurance industries’
8. Review on ‘Performance evaluation of other financial services’
9. Performance of the Fintech firms: Frontiers and Challenges
Theme 3: Empirical Perspectives [Empirical articles]
10. Performance of financial services using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) Approaches
11. Performance of the financial services using the Econometric Approaches
12. Financial Services Performance through Machine Learning Approaches
13. Performance of financial services markets
Note: Please refer to the detailed Call for Papers for more information on the sub-themes under each of these themes. The link is here: https://online.publuu.com/584158/1310946
Publication
The "Handbook of Financial Services Performance: Analytical and Empirical Perspectives" will be published by World Scientific. Please find more about the publishers here: https://www.worldscientific.com/page/about/corporate-profile
Contact
In case of any queries, concerns or for any discussion on this book, please contact Dr. Bhagirath Prakash Baria at handbookworldscientific2024@gmail.com
One can also freely contact him on his mobile number +91-9316054394 (available on WhatsApp).