Part I: Credit Cooperative Systems in Western Europe -- Cooperative banks in the Austrian banking system -- So-operative Credit Institutions in Cyprus -- Co-operative banks in Finland -- Cooperative banks in France: Emergence, mutations and issues -- The German cooperative banks. An economic...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Additional Thanks -- Chapter 1: An Overview of the Bankruption -- Community Banking Has No Future -- Community Banking Relies Too Heavily on Physical Proximity -- Today, Data Proximity Yields Intimacy -- Data Proximity...