Alternative Banking and Financial Crisis

The recent banking crisis has brought into question the business model used by most large banks. This collection of essays explores the success of 'alternative banks' - savings banks, cooperative banks and development banks, using case studies from around the world and discussion of both the historical and theoretical context of banking practices.

List of contents

Acknowledgements, List of Contributors, List of Figures and Tables, Introduction – Olivier Butzbach and Kurt von Mettenheim, Part I: Historical Context and Conceptual Framework, Part II: Comparative Country Cases, Notes, Index

About the author

Kurt von Mettenheim, Olivier Butzbach

Summary

The recent banking crisis has brought into question the business model used by most large banks. This collection of essays explores the success of ‘alternative banks’ – savings banks, cooperative banks and development banks, using case studies from around the world and discussion of both the historical and theoretical context of banking practices.

Product details

• Authors: Kurt Von Mettenheim, Kurt Von Butzbach Mettenheim
• Assisted by: Olivier Butzbach (Editor), Kurt Von Mettenheim (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138663084
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66308-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Banking, Money and International Finance
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches