"This book provides a detailed analytical assessment of merger and acquisition phenomenon in banking. It advances the prior literature focusing on some specific aspects that have been investigated by only limited previous analysis. It assesses the effect produced by M&A transactions on bank...

"This book investigates the main features of the evolution of the cooperative banking model in European countries, using 'country case-study' analysis. Structured in two parts, the first deals with a sample of countries that joined European Union before 2000; the second part with a sample of other...

Global players and restructuring -- Corporate governance impact and restructuring -- Local games in multinational firms and global challenges on the territories -- New European challenges for social actors -- Impact of European policies on restructurings : toward a coordination of the European...