“…3 The target period of the literature search extends up to October 2017, as at the time of writing this paper. Many studies discuss the advantages and disadvantages of ERM frameworks (Arena, Arnaboldi, & Azzone, 2010;Beasley, Clune, & Hermanson, 2005;Choo & Goh, 2015;Hayne & Free, 2014;Karanja, 2017;Paape & Speklé, 2012;Tekathen & Dechow, 2013), and many agree with the usefulness of COSO's ERM-IF. In Fraser, Schoening-Thiessen, and Simkins (2008) survey, 74% of respondents had read COSO's ERM-IF, making it the most widely-read publication about risk.…”