Cooperative Banking: Innovations and Developments

by Vittorio Boscia, A. Carretta (Editor), P. Schwizer (Editor)

Overview

The book describes the current role and rationale of co-operative banking and examines features such as governance, consolidation, outsourcing, shareholder value and rating evaluation. It then analyses the likely impact on the strategic, organisational and operative model of cooperative banks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781403996695
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/27/2009
Series:	Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	239
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

VITTORIO BOSCIA Full professor in Banking and Finance, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy ALESSANDRO CARRETTA Full Professor in Financial markets and institutions and Director of Ph.D Program in Banking and Finance, University of Rome, Italy PAOLA SCHWIZER Full Professor of Banking, University of Parma and Professor at SDA Business School, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy SIMONA COSMA, Lecturer in Banking and Finance, University of Salento (Italy). MATTEO COTUGNO, Post Doctoral Fellow in Banking and Finance, University of Bologna, Italy ROBERTO DI SALVO, Deputy General Manager, Federcasse - Credito Cooperativo, Italy. FRANCO FIORDELISI, Professor in Banking and Finance, University of Rome III, Italy. CLAUDIO GIANNOTI, Associate Professor of Banking, University LUM Jean Monnet of Casamassima, Bari, Italy VALERIA STEFANELLI, Post Doctoral Fellow in Banking and Finance, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy and Visiting Research Fellow, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface About the Authors Introduction; V.Boscia, A.Carretta & P.Schwizer PART 1: OVERVIEW OF CO-OPERATIVE BANKING The Theory and Experience of Cooperative Banking; V.Boscia & R.Di Salvo Institutional Models, Role of Shareholders, Governance; P.Schwizer & V.Stefanelli Merger and Acquisition in the Cooperative Banking Sector; V.Stefanelli Outsourcing Strategies in Cooperative Banking; A.Carretta Shareholder Value and Efficiency of Cooperative Banks in Europe; F.Fiordelisi Rating Methodology for Cooperative Bank; C.Giannotti PART II: SPECIFIC FEATURES AND INNOVATIONS IN CO-OPERATIVE BANKING The Impact of Basel 2 on Cooperative Banking; S. Cosma Internal Controls and Cooperative Banks; V.Stefanelli The Impact of IAS-IFRS on Cooperative Banking; M.Cotugno Concluding Remarks; V.Boscia, A.Carretta & P.Schwizer Notes Bibliography Index