Risk management for Islamic banking financial products and services is one of the greatest challenges that many westernized, as well as Islamic Banks, are facing today. As a result of this market growth in Islamic financial products there is a high demand to understand how to as…
"Risk management for Islamic banking financial products and services is one of the greatest challenges that many westernised, as well as Islamic banks, are facing today. This book presents a common framework on how to efficiently manage the risks faced and minimise the overall d…
Introduction Understanding Foreign Direct Investment Applying FDI Theory to Commercial Banking Multilateral Rules on Financial Services and FDI GATS Financial Services Liberalization in OECD Members Assessing FDI Determinants in Commercial Banking Conclusions. This book focuses…
"This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and FS liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in one type of FS --commercial banking -- it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalizat…
The motivations behind Foreign Direct Investment in commercial banking are examined and unravelled using a new analytical framework in this€comprehensive study.€Laura P̀ez€presents a detailed survey of the economic theory of FDI€and expands the€application of this theory to comme…
"This book focuses on the relationship between FDI and FS liberalization in the context of the WTO. By conducting an economic assessment on the extent of GATS liberalization in one type of FS --commercial banking -- it seeks to empirically clarify if the multilateral liberalizat…
Investigates the World Bank's promotion of market-led development in the underdeveloped world and the impact that this promotion has upon citizenship. This book looks at this subject using case studies drawn from Southeast Asia, one of the world's most diverse regions.
"Central banks are powerful but poorly understood organisations. In 1900 the Bank of Japan was the only central bank to exist outside Europe but over the past century central banking has proliferated. John Singleton here explains how central banks and the profession of central b…
2.3 Market discipline, public regulation, and the federal safety net2.4 Sources of market discipline; 2.4.1 Ownership structure; 2.4.2 Capital markets; 2.4.3 Product markets; 2.4.4 Labor markets; 2.4.5 Boards of directors; 2.4.6 Compensation; 2.5 Conclusions; Appendix 2.A: Measu…
An authoritative introduction to efficiency and productivity analysis with applications in both the banking and finance industry In light of the recent global financial crisis, several studies have examined the efficiency of financial institutions. A number of open questions rem…
Wealth management is one of the areas in which banks and other personal financial services players are investing heavily. But the market is changing fast. Going forward, players therefore need to adapt their strategies to the new realities: what worked in the past will not, for …
This compelling contribution to contemporary debates about the banking industry offers a unique perspective on its geographical and conceptual 'placement'. It traces the evolving links between the two, revealing how our notions of banking 'productiveness' have evolved alongside …
"A timely, broadly revisionist, essential book by one of our foremost economic observers takes down one of the most cherished tenets of contemporary financial thinking: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government--"austerity"--Is a solution to the curr…
"A timely, broadly revisionist, essential book by one of our foremost economic observers takes down one of the most cherished tenets of contemporary financial thinking: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government--"austerity"--Is a solution to the curr…
"A timely, broadly revisionist, essential book by one of our foremost economic observers takes down one of the most cherished tenets of contemporary financial thinking: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government--"austerity"--Is a solution to the curr…
"A timely, broadly revisionist, essential book by one of our foremost economic observers takes down one of the most cherished tenets of contemporary financial thinking: that spending less, refusing to forgive debt, and shrinking government--"austerity"--Is a solution to the curr…
Traces the rise of the J.P. Morgan empire from its beginnings in Victorian London to the crash of 1987.
