CEOs As Leaders and Strategy Designers: Explaining the Success of Spanish Banks : Explaining the Success of Spanish Banks

This book analyzes rapidly-growing world-class Spanish retail banks. It argues that their success is due to excellent management, clear-headed CEOs, the presence of a cluster of like-minded executives who complement each other and create a homogenous strategy pattern, and that IT systems and the regulatory environment have contributed greatly. Based on the CEO's cognition model concerned with decision making, and developed by Kimio Kase, this book explains the extraordinary development and performance of the Spanish banking industry during the last twenty years. This book argues that the performance of Spanish banks is due to the construction of an excellent management model, the presence of clear-headed CEOs and like-minded executives. The authors place this remarkable banking phenomenon in an international perspective, and draw unique comparisons with other countries such as Japan. This book offers food for thought about the replicability of the change process in other countries and other industries An Increasing Number Of The World's Largest Banks Now Have More Activities Outside Their Home Country Than Withinches But What Do We Know About The Effects Of Internationalization, And What Is A Successful Business Model For The Future? This Book Explores The Formulation, Implementation And Evaluation Of Internationalization Strategies In Banking. The International Strategies Of The World's Leading Banks In Eight Countries Are Examined Between 1980 And 2004, Strategic Patterns Are Identified And The Effects On Profitability, Stability And Shareholder Performance Are Analysed. The Results Are Sobering. Increasing Profitability And Shareholder Return Through Internationalization Turns Out To Be Extremely Challenging. Only A Few Banks Are Able To Turn International Banking Activities Into A Success. With The Ongoing Cross-border Consolidation In The Banking Industry, This Book Is An Important Contribution To The Internationalization Debate And A Must-read For Bank Management, Regulators And Shareholders. Banking Since The 1980s: Challenges And Issues -- International Banking: A Theoretical Framework -- The World's Largest Banks -- Internationalization Patterns -- Internationalization Strategies -- Performance And Shareholder Wealth -- Competitive Future Internationalization Strategies. Alfred Slager. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 213-218) And Index. Based On The Ceo's Cognition Model Concerned With Decision Making, And Developed By Kimio Kase, This Book Explains The Extraordinary Development And Performance Of The Spanish Banking Industry During The Last Twenty Years. This Book Argues That The Performance Of Spanish Banks Is Due To The Construction Of An Excellent Management Model, The Presence Of Clear-headed Ceos And Like-minded Executives. The Authors Place This Remarkable Banking Phenomenon In An International Perspective, And Draw Unique Comparisons With Other Countries Such As Japan. This Book Offers Food For Thought About The Replicability Of The Change Process In Other Countries And Other Industries. Introduction: The Banking Industry -- The Banking Industry In Spain -- Theoretical Framework: Cognitive Approach To The Governance Of Business Enterprises -- Methodology -- Conclusions. Kimio Kase And Tanguy Jacopinches Includes Bibliographical References (pages 241-250) And Index. Securities exchanges play a significant role in macroeconomics. They engage in the allocation process, which assures that savings are allocated to the most profitable investment opportunities. But what are the forces driving the supply side, namely, the services offered by exchanges? It is not just a matter of market microstructure and the rules governing the price discovery. Rather, it embraces a much wider perspective involving the balance of interests of multiple stakeholders, the competitive strategies of exchanges and other platform operators and the impact of regulation. This book provides an economic analysis of the stock exchange industry. It draws on theories from micro- and industrial economics to provide a detailed analysis of the industry structure, the strategic behaviour of key participants and a methodological framework for assessing the performance of stock exchanges ..." Introduction and overview of book -- The great leap of Spanish banks, 1987-2005: a profit-arithmetic (PA) approach -- Generic business model in Spanish retail banks -- Santander's business model -- Business model of BBVA - Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria -- Conclusions and discussions -- Annex 1. Content analysis of Bank CEO's speeches -- Annex 2A. Japanese banks: a contrast to Spanish banks -- Annex 2B. Suruga Bank -- Annex 3. Banco's Sabadell's business model -- Annex 4. Research methodology Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction and Overview of Book....Pages 1-15 The Great Leap of Spanish Banks, 1987–2005: A Profit-Arithmetic (PA) Approach....Pages 16-47 Generic Business Model in Spanish Retail Banks....Pages 48-89 Santander’s Business Model....Pages 90-119 Business Model of BBVA — Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria....Pages 120-144 Conclusions and Discussions....Pages 145-156 Back Matter....Pages 157-259 An account of the principal phases in the development of the English banking system, and an analysis of the financial structure of the economy of the UK. The book focuses in detail on the regulatory and supervisory aspects of the UK banking system, and the interactions between the structural aspects of the banking and supervisory system.