In this article, we compare the effects of 'high performance human resource management' (HPHR) on employee and company … performance between Ireland and the Netherlands. Key hypotheses are, first, that companies using the HPHR system exhibit higher … levels of employee and company performance than companies that do not. Second, we expect that these relationships are …

This paper examines the convergence properties of cost efficiency for Indonesian banks for the period 1992-2007. It …. Using panel data estimation, the paper examines β-convergence and σ-convergence, to test the speed at which Indonesian banks … reform process improved the average level of efficiency and improved the distribution of efficiency across banks …

regarding the processes through which HR impacts firm performance, much work still needs to be done. This paper examines how …

The paper investigates the factors crucial in the locational decisions of multinational German banks in selected … variables of macroeconomic and financial sector risk along with measures of bank-client integration and host country market … characteristics. Results indicate that FDI by non-banks exerted a strong pull effect on banking FDI flows, as did highly developed …

ability of a bank to restructure the borrower's firm in the case of distress, the possibility to appropriate private benefits …

In this paper, we investigate the claim that German banks are special compared to banks in other industrialised … economies. We show that banks are of particular importance to the German economy?as financial intermediary, as lender to the … corporate sector, and as part of the corporate governance system. Further, German banks are supervised by two supervisory …

. Furthermore significant differences existed between small and large banks. The business model of small banks was often more …

simulation exercise is performed on how various external shocks affect the balance sheet of an average European bank under the …, and the interaction with banks’ risk management, supervisory tools and statistical requirements. It also examines how the … application of fair value accounting to banks’ trading book has impacted their share price volatility. It is concluded that the …

significant problems in the banking sector. Czech banks were not significantly affected and recorded a profit in many cases and … of the Czech Republic on the performance and profitability of the banking market through selected determinants … independent variables. In particular, the final report focusses on measuring the performance and profitability of the banking …