Comparative History of Bank Failures - From Medici to Barings

Informationen zum Autor Sten Jönsson is professor emeritus in Business Administration (esp. Scandinavian Management) at Gothenburg University (appointed 1976), Sweden. His research has been focused on field studies of managers in action in various industries. Over the last few years he has led a research program on bank management. Klappentext Starting with Medici and Fugger and ending with Barings and Royal Bank of Scotland under neo-liberal de-regulation, the author gives an account of how six banks failed over a 500 year-period. The author offers an explanation of the leading ideas about the world and good society at the time. Zusammenfassung Starting with Medici and Fugger and ending with Barings and Royal Bank of Scotland under neo-liberal de-regulation, the author gives an account of how six banks failed over a 500 year-period. The author offers an explanation of the leading ideas about the world and good society at the time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter 1. Introduction - the problem with the role of banks Chapter 2. Community as centre of authority Chapter 3. Transition from regulation by State to regulation by Market Chapter 4. Market as ideology – toward the financial crisis of 2008 Chapter 5. Concluding Remarks

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sten Jonsson, Sten (University of Gothenburg Jonsson, Sten Jönsson
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367191092
• ISBN: 978-0-367-19109-2
• Seiten: 210
• Serien: Banking, Money and International Finance; Banking, Money and International Finance
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Ratgeber > Recht, Beruf, Finanzen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Management; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Money & Monetary Policy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Banks & Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / General, Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial, Economic history, Economic & financial crises & disasters, Economic and financial crises and disasters, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / Economics & Trade