The author investigates the strategies of eight publicly listed banks in Britain and Germany in the context of European financial integration. Evidence is provided that banks with defensive strategies fared better than those which attempted to break out of a coherent financial system in order to embrace new business opportunities

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SVEN JANSSEN is Vice President at Bank Sal. Oppenheim, Frankfurt, Germany. He has worked in investment banking since 1999, focusing on financial institutions and real estate. He studied at universities in France, Germany, the UK, and the USA and spent some time as a management consultant in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sven holds a PhD in Finance and Strategy from the School of Management at the University of Bath, UK

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Book Title: British and German Banking Strategies
Authors: Sven Janssen
Series Title: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230233935
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-22048-5Published: 28 April 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23393-5Published: 28 April 2009
Series ISSN: 2523-336X
Series E-ISSN: 2523-3378
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 291
Topics: Accounting/Auditing, Banking, Finance, general, Economics, general

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Front Matter

Setting the Scene

What Is a Bank?

Corporate Strategy Analysis and Applicability to the Banking Sector

British and German Banking: Case Studies

Conclusions

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