Financial decision support: an overview of developments and recent trends

Abstract

Since the early applications of operations research and management science techniques in corporate financial management, financial decision support has evolved to a multi-disciplinary field combing different analytical approaches and technologies for supporting the decision-making process for financial problems faced by firms, organizations, and individuals. This paper provides an overview of the nature of financial decision support and its contributions, covering past developments and advances, as well as current trends and emerging topics on methodological, application, and implementation issues.