Provides an updated understanding of co-operative banking in European countries where bank business models are largely widespread and hold significant market share
Showcases a novel analysis of the performances of these banks before and after the global financial crisis, considering their different forms of networkingFeatures Austrian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, and Italian co-operative banking systems

Autorentext

Federica Poli is an Associate Professor of Banking and Finance at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy, where she is Director of the undergraduate degree in Service Management and of the MA in International Trade Management. She is the author of publications in national and international academic journals and books on the topic of bank management and financial intermediation.

Inhalt

1. The theoretical background of co-operative banking.- 2. Co-operative banking networks: rationalities and models.- 3. Co-operative banking in Austria.- 4. Co-operative banking in Finland.- 5. Co-operative banking in France.- 6. Co-operative banking in Germany.- 7. Co-operative banking in Italy.- 8. Co-operative banking in the Netherlands.- 9. The performance of co-operative banking networks and the challenges they face.