With substantial risks arising from resource constraints on global growth, serious questions are being posed about how a scarcity of finite resources may impact global social and political fragility. The research which forms the core of this book focuses on how this scarcity will impact the...

A survey of past financial crises, starting with the great banking collapses of the interwar period. The current turmoil has prompted a number of questions regarding both its origins and ways to avoid its repetition. The historical background and the evolving institutional framework of banking...

Chapter 1) Financial Services and The UK Economy -- Chapter 2) A Brief History of Building Societies -- Chapter 3) Legislation, Regulation and Governance of Building Societies -- Chapter 4) Financial Structure of the Building Society Sector -- Chapter 5) The Performance of Building Societies: A...

This book examines India's new economy - its strengths, weaknesses and potential. The book covers three key areas of growth in India's economy - the IT (information technology) sector, export trade (with its externality effects) and the financial sector (in particular, banking reforms).

Globalization and the financial crisis highlight the problems caused by worldwide banking organizations and force financial groups to reassess their development strategies. This book discusses the impact of the crisis on the consolidation process in the European financial industry and the need...