This handbook provides an overview and analysis of state-of-the-art research in banking written by leading researchers in the field. It strikes a balance between abstract theory, empirical analysis, and practitioner and policy-related material.

1. Financial reform in Australia -- 2. Price stabilization, the banking crisis and financial reform in Brazil -- 3. Financial reform in Canada : past, present and future -- 4. Financial system reform in China -- 5. Financial reform in Germany -- 6. Financial reform in Hong Kong -- 7. Financial...

1. Corporate governance, bank regulation and activity expansion in the United States -- 2. Corporate governance in banks : does the board structure matter? -- 3. Corporate governance and bank performance -- 4. Corporate governance at community banks : one size does not fit all -- 5. Bank mergers...

Abstract Nationale Rahmenbedingungen, zu denen das Ausbildungssystem zu rechnen ist, wirken sich auf die Leistungsfähigkeit der jeweiligen Wirtschaft aus. Die Unternehmen beider Länder sind im ITBereich mit sehr ähnlichen Herausforderungen konfrontiert. Diese Studie untersucht, wie deutsche...

Summary Firms need flexibility, defined as the capacity to react to unexpected situations. Corporate flexibility improves with liquidity. For non-financial firms, sources of liquidity are twofold: internal, by keeping cash, and external, through a borrowing power, usually from banks. On the...