Strategic Challenges in European Banking

Front Matter....Pages i-xxviii
Introduction: The Malta Connection....Pages 1-7
Cost Economies and Efficiency in EU Banking Systems....Pages 8-40
Relative Efficiencies and Productivity Indices: An Empirical Investigation of the Banking Sectors in Eight European Countries ....Pages 41-69
The Effects of Alternative Financial System Models on Corporate Governance....Pages 70-111
Market Share Dynamics and Instruments of Competition in the Portuguese Deposits Market....Pages 112-120
Specialisation and Competitiveness of the Spanish Savings Banks, 1984—95....Pages 121-151
The Future of Relationship Banking....Pages 152-173
The Societal Responsibility of Banks: An Introduction to a Societal-Oriented Bank Management Theory....Pages 174-180
Adaptive Strategies by European Savings Banks: A Case Study of Spain....Pages 181-210
Public Banks in France: Current Problems and Prospective Issues....Pages 211-224
Economic and Monetary Union and Single Currency in Europe: Repercussions on Capital Markets and Stock Exchanges....Pages 225-247
European Monetary Union: Issues in Supervision....Pages 248-275
The Role of Independence in the European System of Central Banks: A Sufficient Condition for a Robust European Monetary Union?....Pages 276-292
EU, EMU and the Central and Eastern European Countries....Pages 293-302
EMU, Adjustment and the Peripheral Regions: An Overview of Policy Issues....Pages 303-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-330