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Strategic Challenges in European Banking
Author(s): Joe Falzon (Editor), Edward P. M. Gardener
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 22 Sept. 1999
- Language: English
- Print length: 360 pages
- ISBN-10: 033373405X
- ISBN-13: 9780333734056
Book Description
European banking is changing at an unprecedented rate, and competition and efficiency are now dominant banking concerns. This volume sees European researchers in the fields of banking and finance assess the key issues shaping the strategic development of banking in the EU. The first nine chapters explore efficiency, competition and various aspects of the strategies of EU banks. Selected aspects of the impact of EMU on banking and finance are discussed in the remaining chapters.
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About the Author
DR JOE FALZON is Head of the Department of Banking and Finance at the University of Malta. He holds a Ph.D in Economics from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He was a Lecturer in Economics at Roosevelt University, Chicago (1983-4) and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Northwestern University (1985-86) and the University of Cincinnati (1986-87). Since 1988 he has served as a consultant to several Ministries of the Government of Malta. EDWARD P.M. GARDENER is Professor of Banking and Finance and Co-Director (with Professor Philip Molyneux) of the Institute of European Finance, University of Wales, Bangor. He is also a Visiting Professor at Queen Mary and Westfield College, the University of Gothenburg and the Swedish School of Economics (1997-98), Katholische Universitdtt (1998) and the University of Malta. He is co-author of Efficiency in European Banking, Investment Banking: Theory and Practice and The Future of Savings Banking in the Single Financial Market of the EU. He has published over 200 articles and papers on banking topics.
