Addressing a need for innovative solutions to challenges facing organisations today, this book explores the concept of Knowledge Risk Management (KRM), outlining how this new approach can be implemented in the banking sector. The author proposes the first knowledge risk framework that is specific to cooperative banks, which aims to improve the accuracy of risk assessment procedures by combining a conventional risk management approach with knowledge management tools and techniques. Including empirical data taken from interviews with employees in the banking sector, this book provides banks with a valuable tool for tackling potentially damaging knowledge-related risks, making it an essential read for those researching risk management and banking.

Maura La Torre is a postdoctoral fellow at the University G. dAnnunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy, having previously obtained two PhDs in Management of Innovation and Economics and Management of Natural Resources. Her research revolves around banking, knowledge management, anti-money laundering and sustainable finance.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. When Knowledge Becomes Risky...And Other Stories.- Chapter 3. Knowledge Management, Risk Management and Knowledge Risk Management: What is Missing in the Financial and Banking Sectors?.- Chapter 4. Does Diversity Make a Difference? Moving Inside the Sample.- Chapter 5. The Readiness of Cooperative Credit Banks in Knowledge Risk Management: Towards a Framework.- Chapter 6. Conclusions.