The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of foreign banks in the restructuring process that has characterized the Albanian banking system in transition from the planned economy to the market economy. The backward state in which the Albanian economy was left after the fall of the communist...

This article seeks to contribute to the debate on how to devise an appropriate legal framework for foreign bank operations. It considers the implications of the corporate form of foreign bank operations and examines how countries can protect domestic financial systems effectively from the...

This research is conducted to compare and evaluate profitability of private and public sector banks in Ethiopia, taking one public sector bank ie. CBE and one private sector bank ie AIB. Significant company level profitability indicators such as ROA, ROE, Ratio of interest income to total...

This paper examines whether foreign bank entry affects the operations of public sector banks in India for the period 1996-2007. It studies how net interest margin, non-interest income, profitability, overhead expenses and non-performing loans of public sector banks are affected due to the...

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Western bankers in China; Setting the scene; A comparative business systems approach; A study of the Chinese banking sector; An outline of...

Using hand-collected data spanning more than a decade on European banks’ sovereign debt portfolios, we show that the trust of residents of a bank’s countries of operation in the residents of a potential target country of investment has a positive, statistically significant, and economically...