Banks & Banking

In this book, Jacques J. Polak describes and analyzes the relationship between the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from the Bretton Woods conference in 1944 to the present. In their first three decades, the two institutions engaged...

This book demonstrates how shareholder value analysis has become a valuable instrument of strategy assessment. It illustrates the ways in which management is able to align company policy with the financial goals of its shareholders and describes various...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648390626Author Clint BallingerFormat HardbackPage Count 110Imprint Aetiology PressPublisher Aetiology PressWeight(grams) 263g

The Association for Social Advancement (ASA) of Bangladesh recently topped Forbes magazine's first-ever list of the world's best microfinance banks. This is an extraordinary achievement for an organization that started life as a revolutionary movement...

Islamic finance is emerging as a rapidly growing part of the financial sector in the Islamic world and is not restricted to Islamic countries, but is spreading wherever there is a sizable Muslim community. According to some estimates, more than 250...

The papers in this volume were presented at three invited sessions at the annual meetings of the Western Economic Association in San Diego, California on July 8-10, 1999. The comments by delegates were also presented at that time and are included in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780826511485Author John Berry McFerrinFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint Vanderbilt University PressPublisher Vanderbilt University Press

Service activities such as banking, insurance, telecommunications, business auditing, distribution, trading, and other services have been at the forefront of the transformation process in East Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. These reforms,...

The EMU and the Euro are transforming European banking institutions, regulations, performance, and bank-state relationships. This book analyzes these dynamic challenges and processes. It presents contemporary and historical perspectives to guide an...

The main purpose of this volume is to organize, examine, and analyze the works of John Lansing Carey, the longest serving chief staff officer of the AICPA. Through his many articles, books, pamphlets, and editorials, he influenced and directed the...

This first volume in a series assessing international banking and finance focuses on the 'revolution' in international financial markets. Individual chapters deal with the impact of the Persian Gulf Crisis on national equity markets and foreign...

This book demonstrates how shareholder value analysis has become a valuable instrument of strategy assessment. It illustrates the ways in which management is able to align company policy with the financial goals of its shareholders and describes various...

In a financial revolution, new determinants of performance arise and interest in the way performance is measured and communicated to stakeholders grows. This book presents a wide and accurate analysis of the impact that regulation, structural changes and...

We have seen many empires come and go. From the Roman Empire to the British Empire, we are now witnessing the decline of the US as a superpower. How do economic innovations foster global economic dominance, and how does the natural evolution of an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780894990588Author Count Egon Caesar CortiFormat PaperbackPage Count 500Imprint Books for BusinessPublisher Books for BusinessWeight(grams) 694g

An inside view of the forces which shaped SEPA and the PSD written from the unique perspective of someone closely involved throughout the process. It uncovers the strategic, legal and practical implications of the full harmonization agenda and provides...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995617094Author Mark BlayneyFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Work PressPublisher Work PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999112113Author Ferris EanfarFormat HardbackPage Count 290Imprint Angelpay FoundationPublisher Angelpay FoundationWeight(grams) 540g

In the aftermath of the financial crisis, the business model of international banks is under pressure. Regulators across the world are retrenching to national lines by applying restrictions on cross-border banking. Applying game theory, this book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780894992032Author David FalkaynFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Books for BusinessPublisher Books for BusinessWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578880754Author Richard BarbercheckFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Strategic Orientation PublishingPublisher Strategic Orientation...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781436392778Author Thomas H Mba WardFormat HardbackImprint XlibrisPublisher XlibrisWeight(grams) 322g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780984577378Author Edward D DuvallFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Fremont Valley Books LLCPublisher Fremont Valley Books LLCWeight(grams) 1461g

Provides a detailed analytical assessment of the merger and acquisition phenomenon in banking. It advances the prior literature focusing on some specific aspects that have been investigated by only limited previous analysis by assessing the effect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648503743Author V PadmajaFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Blue Star PublisherPublisher Blue Star PublisherWeight(grams) 440g

The European Union is an increasingly important influence on our daily lives with important political, economic and cultural implications. To understand how to bridge the gaps between national cultures and economic systems is an imperative. This book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780275911058Author Dennis T. YasutomoFormat HardbackPage Count 210Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

This collection of conference papers presents a contemporary insight into key trends impacting on the global financial sector post crisis and highlights new policy and research areas affecting banks and other financial institutions. The four main themes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982470725Author Tom SgourosFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Manual Writing, NaPublisher Manual Writing, NaWeight(grams) 286g

In this sure-to-be-controversial history of money and banking, Hixson examines the historical and resulting present-day deficiencies of the U.S. monetary and banking system. His study reveals that in a whole series of historical cases over the eighteenth...

Without a means of crediting and debiting accounts worldwide and the non-physical transfer of funds, the rapid global economic integration of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries would have been impossible. It is the globalization of the...

The start of the European monetary union gave additional impetus to the lively debate on the effects of monetary policy and the appropriate strategy for central banks. This book collects papers and comments by leading academics and central bankers such...

The current banking crisis has tested every dimension of banking and created maximum uncertainty for its future - yet banks must plan for this future. Author of a number of books on best practice in bank management, Steven Davis has interviewed 25 senior...

A practical guide for executives and managers in banking, savings and loans, credit unions, insurance, and brokerage firms, this book addresses the labor turnover problems that currently affect even the most successful financial institutions. The...

In-depth analysis of the key players (China, India, Brazil, Russia, Turkey, Indonesia, North Africa) of the unprecedented international economic integration of the last 25 years. Despite their success, the fragilities of their banking systems pose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648837817Author Karen GFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Financial Management 101Publisher Financial Management 101Weight(grams) 118g

In 1933 and 1956, the United States sharply limited the kinds of securities, commercial, and insurance activities banks could engage in. These regulations remain in place despite profound changes in the economic environment, in the structure of the...

The book provides a multifaceted approach to understanding the origin, nature and resolution of the banking crisis in Nigeria. Unlike studies that focus only on technical criteria, the contributors examine theoretical, empirical, institutional, political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674430327Author Professor Edwin J PerkinsFormat HardbackPage Count 334Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 653g