In response to the financial crisis of 2008, the global banking industry has been undergoing fundamental regulatory changes, imposed by the Basel III Agreement, the 2010 US Dodd-Frank Act and the introduction of a new European supervisory structure. This paper analyses the possible long-term...

This paper analyses the impact of global financial megainstitutions on the Polish banking market in 1998-2005: a period of a dynamic economic growth, connected with Polish accession to the EU and a new wave of foreign capital inflow, coming mainly into medium-sized banks. The research question...

This paper analyses the strategic evolution of Polish banks in the period of dynamic economic growth, connected with Polish accession to the EU in 2004. For banks, this was a period of a new wave of foreign capital inflow, coming in mainly to medium-sized banks. Foreign capital had first entered...

Using Poland as an example, the paper analyses the impact of foreign capital inflow on banking sector with regard to bank efficiency. The main research question is whether ownership structure plays a significant role for bank strategies, profitability and long-term stability of the banking...

This book offers a comparative analysis of how post-crisis restructuring has affected the evolution and prospects of small, locally-oriented banks. The discussion focuses specifically on “small” European countries; that is, countries with diversified banking systems, with a strong presence...

The global financial crisis brought an unprecedented increase in public spending, which helped to stabilize the banking sector, but in many countries changed the market structure, incentives to take risks, cost of capital and competitive conditions. The post-crisis new resolution framework was...