Containing a series of case studies of cooperative banks in times of crisis, this book reflects upon the cooperative business model and the governance structures of cooperative banks. Such banks have weathered the current financial crisis relatively well. In most countries, they did not need...

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...

1. The theoretical background of co-operative banking -- 2. Co-operative banking networks: rationalities and models -- 3. Co-operative banking in Austria -- 4. Co-operative banking in Finland -- 5. Co-operative banking in France -- 6. Co-operative banking in Germany -- 7. Co-operative banking in...