We have performed a series of five strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the last analysis in the series, where we compare RUFG and key competitors using a ‘strategy canvas' to assess competitiveness. Furthermore we evaluate the prospect of finding ‘blue ocean'...

We perform a series of five strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the fourth analysis in the series, where we analyse the financial service industry dynamics to assess how Japanese Megabanks and RUFG should best position themselves to exploit opportunities, protect against...

We perform a series of five strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the third analysis in the series, where we explore to what extent Japanese Megabanks and RUFG have a ‘core competencies' that are valuable, rare, inimitable, non-substitutable and whose benefits are...

We perform a series of 5 strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the second analysis in the series, where we carry out a macro scenario analysis of financial services relevant to Japanese Megabanks. We look to study the implications such a scenario analysis has for corporate...

We perform a series of 5 strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. In this paper we review how changes in relative prioritization of stakeholders may impact corporate strategy at Japanese Megabanks. We look to answer the following questions via a case study with reference to RUS Megabank.Which...

We examine the factors that influence the structure (size and composition)of a commercial lending syndicate. We find that syndicates are smaller and more concentrated, as reflected in the Hirschman Herfindahl index for the lending group, when there is less information available about the...

This study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and the role of Fintech, in particular mobile financial services (MFS), in their recovery from COVID-induced losses. The study uses data from a survey of 216 MSMEs from Bangladesh Small...

Given the importance of sound advice in retail financial markets and the fact that financial institutions outsource their advice services, how should consumer protection law be set to maximize social welfare? We address this question by posing a theoretical model of retail markets in which a...

We introduce a formal language for describing epistemic states in networks at the individual (node, or agent) and interactive (multi-node) levels and at multiple epistemic levels (knowledge as well as knowledge about knowledge) and show how it allows us to represent states of belief, confidence...

This paper examines the relationship between the credit constraints faced by a firm and the unit value prices of its exports. The paper modifies Arkolakis’s (2010) model of trade with heterogeneous firms by introducing endogenous quality and credit constraints. The model predicts that tighter...