Cooperative Banking: Innovations and Developments

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • V. Boscia, A. Carretta, P. Schwizer

      Pages 1-6

3. Overview of Cooperative Banking

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. The Theory and Experience of Cooperative Banking

      • V. Boscia, R. Di Salvo

      Pages 9-39

   3. Institutional Models, Role of Shareholders (Member and Customers), Governance

      • P. Schwizer, V. Stefanelli

      Pages 40-59

   4. Merger and Acquisition in the Cooperative Banking Sector

      • V. Stefanelli

      Pages 60-72

   5. Outsourcing Policies in Cooperative Banking

      • A. Carretta

      Pages 73-79

   6. Shareholder Value and Efficiency of Cooperative Banks in Europe

      • F. Fiordelisi

      Pages 80-132

   7. Rating Methodology for Cooperative Banks

      • C. Giannotti

      Pages 133-155

4. Specific Features and Innovations in Cooperative Banking

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157

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   2. The Impact of Basel 2 on Cooperative Banking

      • S. Cosma

      Pages 159-190

   3. Internal Controls and Cooperative Banks

      • V. Stefanelli

      Pages 191-208

   4. The Impacts of IAS—IFRS on Cooperative Banking

      • M. Cotugno

      Pages 209-227

   5. Concluding Remarks

      • V. Boscia, A. Carretta, P. Schwizer

      Pages 228-232

5. Back Matter

   Pages 233-239

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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.

• banking

• Faculty of Economics ‘Antonio de Viti de Marco’, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

  Vittorio Boscia

• University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

  Alessandro Carretta

• University of Parma, Italy

  Paola Schwizer

• SDA Business School, Milan Bocconi University, Italy

  Paola Schwizer

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.

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