Immortal Banks. Strategies, Structures and Performances of major Banks

La littérature économique établit que dans la banque la maîtrise des coûts et la gestion du risque sont plus importantes que la taille et la diversité des opérations. Dans quelles mesures ce constat aide-t-il à comprendre les différences de performances à long terme des grandes banques ? Les onze études historiques présentées dans ce livre analysent les différents facteurs (la stratégie et la structure, la propriété, la gouvernance et le management des banques mais aussi la réputation, le pouvoir de marché et la protection des institutions) qui influencent la réussite à long terme et la longévité de ces banques.










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Acknowledgments

General introduction. Why some banks fail to fail?
Michel LESCURE

The Oldest U.S. Banks. Strategies for Reaching a Third Century
Richard SYLLA

Avoiding Excessive Risks and Investing in Inimitable Competence in the International and Securities Businesses. The Cases of Mitsui Bank and Sumitomo Bank
Makoto KASUYA

Banks, owners and the state. The long-term development and structure of Swedish commercial banking
Mats LARSSON

Through periods of stability and upheaval. The main factors underpinning the longevity of Major Norwegian banks (1848–2000)
Sverre KNUTSEN

New bottles, old wine? Concentrations and performances in Italian banking (1980s-2000s)
Carlo BRAMBILLA and Giuseppe CONTI

Big banks in Spain. Successes and failures on the way towards a freer market
Carles SUDRIÀ

Strategy, performances and longevity of the large French banks (1850–2000)
Michel LESCURE

Commercial or ideological? Two centuries of success and failure in Dutch banking
Joost DANKERS

The Longevity of English Commercial and Merchant Banks. Barclays, Lloyds and Rothschilds
Youssef CASSIS

A retrospective illusion? Reflections on the “longevity” of Swiss big banks (1850–2000)
Malik MAZBOURI

International Strategies and Bank Longevity. Deutsche Bank and the North American Experience
Christopher KOBRAK

General conclusion. What really matters for large banks’ performances and longevity?
Michel LESCURE

Index Banks, financial institutions, associations

Index People (bankers, policy makers)