The global financial crisis has led to more and more focus on corporate governance and financial institutions. There has been much coverage in the media about various corporate governance related issues in banks and other financial institutions, such as executive directors' remuneration and...

Introduction and overview / Christine A. Mallin -- Part I Corporate governance in Europe -- 1. An evolutionary overview of the ownership, governance and strategy of Mediobanca: from the kingmaker of Italian capitalism to a large financial conglomerate / Francesca Cuomo and Alessandro Zattoni --...