Essays about: "case study in banking"

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  1. 21. Heading Home: A Case Study of Handelsbanken's Nordic Market Exits

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Gisela Gardelius; Victoria Lindbäck; [2022]
    Keywords : Banks; Regionalization; Divestments; Consolidation;

    Abstract : Recent trends and changes in the banking market have transformed the competitive landscape and forced banks to rethink their internationalization strategies. One of these banks is Handelsbanken, one of Sweden's largest banks, which announced its divestment of its Danish and Finnish operations in October 2021. READ MORE

  3. 22. Breaking the Bank : A study of career barriers among women in the commercial banking sector.

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Matilda Jonsson; Wilma Jangren; [2022]
    Keywords : Gender diversity; Barriers; Glass ceiling; Top Management; Banking sector; Becker’s theory of discrimination; Social role theory; System justification theory;

    Abstract : Background - Women are underrepresented in top management positions all over the globe. This also applies to Sweden, despite the country's long progressive and high material prosperity. This situation is particularly evident in the banking sector, where women represent approximately half of the workforce. READ MORE

  4. 23. Credit at Court : Court servants and urban credit markets 1688-1708

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : William Renström; [2022]
    Keywords : Credit; Banking; State servants; Royal court; Moneylending; Debt; Stockholm; Kredit; kreditmarknad; hov; skuld; tidigmodern;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the debts and claims of court servants in Stockholm from 1688 to 1708 as a case study of early credit markets, exploring the transition from pre-modern informal systems based on personal trust and peer-to-peer lending to modern institutional banking. The thesis shows that the court servants were prominent moneylenders with relatively little debt and argues that these characteristics were by influenced their greater access to cash through their wages from the court. READ MORE

  5. 24. Peer-to-Peer lending and the Traditional banking industry : The relationship in the Swedish market from a managerial perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Karl Johan August Skoog; Carl William Simon Tollnerius; [2022]
    Keywords : Peer-to-peer lending; P2P lending; Traditional banking; FinTech; Financial institutions; Crowdfunding; Clayton Cristensen´s theory of disruption.;

    Abstract : Is the collapse of the traditional banking industry imminent? Although this is a thoughtprovoking statement and numerous arguments could be made for its inevitable demise in the faceof the fast moving and highly innovative Fintech industry, the fact remains that the traditionalbanking industry still serves as the primary financial intermediary when it comes to almost all ofour financial needs. But what if this wasn't the case? The rise of the Fintech industry has broughtwith it a tidal wave of new innovations and technologies that have in more recent yearschallenged the traditional banking industries' unassailable position in the credit market. READ MORE

  6. 25. PSD2 - The Revolution that Never Happened

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Elinor Ahlfors Hallkvist; Olivia Larsson; [2021-06-24]
    Keywords : PSD2; Open Banking; Institutional Change; Decoupling; Disruptive Business Model Innovation;

    Abstract : The introduction of PSD2 was expected to revolutionise the financial industry and disrupt established banks’ business models. However, the changes have not been as dramatic as expected. Mainly this concerns the predicted increase in innovation speed. READ MORE