In the book is described the entire topic of banking credit risk
methodology and its importance for support of entrepreneurship in
Austria. At the first instance it is presented theoretical overview of
credit risk methodology as of beginning including all (actual)
regulatory requirements, starting with Basel II, continuing with Basel
III in the sense of credit risk management, thus rating and scoring as
incremental part. Second part of the work is concentrated on
quantitative methodology in a form of a study. The study is focused on
expert interviews with respective field experts from randomly selected
Austrian banks. The goal of such study was to prove given hypothesis
that credit risk methods do contribute to strengthening and growth of
SME in Austria based on expert opinion and practical experience of
respective banks and their experts.