The changing geography of banking and finance

The editors and contributors tackle a timely subject, and present rigorous research and analysis to demonstrate counter-intuitive results. In so doing, they reinforce the connections between organization and policy in the banking industry and its impact on entrepreneurship, through lending and credit to small and medium-sized businesses. The editors present a carefully organized manuscript that presents both literature reviews and the results of original empirical research that will be of interest to academics and professionals in finance,economics, and policy. The authorship and coverage are global. One of the authors, Michele Fratiani, has close ties to Springer, by virtue of his being a founding editor of Open Economies Review and co-editor of the book series, European and Transatlantic Studies. INDICE: Preface.- The changing geography of banking: the main issues.- Innovation, organisations and small business lending.- Does distance matter in banking?- Distance, organisational structure and lending decisions.- Bank size or distance: What hampers innovation adoption by SMEs?- Distance and internet banking.- The evolving landscape of banking.- Bank market structure, competition, and stability: Issues and concepts.- Cross-border mergers and acquisitions:causes, consequences, and recent trends.- What borders are (likely) made of? An analysis of barriers to European banking integration.- Designing a regulatory framework for international banks and financial.- The evolutionary chain ofinternational financial centres.- Financial centers between centralisation and virtualisation.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-0-387-98077-5
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 300
• Fecha Publicación: 26/05/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés