The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift): Cooperative Governance for Network Innovation, Standards, and Community

ISBN-13: 9780415631648 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 174 str.

Susan V. Scott ((Business Writer));Markos Zachariadis

Opis

This book traces the history and development of a mutual organization in the financial sector called SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Over the last forty years, SWIFT has served the financial services sector as proprietary communications platform, provider of products and services, standards developer, and conference organizer ("Sibos"). Founded to create efficiencies by replacing telegram and telex (or 'wires') for international payments, SWIFT now forms a core part of the financial services infrastructure. It is widely regarded as the most secure trusted third party network in the world serving 212 countries and over 10,000 banking organizations, securities institutions and corporate customers. Through every phase of its development, SWIFT has maintained the status of industry cooperative thus presenting an opportunity to study broader themes of globalization and governance in the financial services sector. In this book the authors focus on how the design and current state of SWIFT was influenced by its historical origins, presenting a comprehensive account in a succinct form which provides an informative guide to the history, structure, activities and future challenges of this key international organization. This work will be of great interest to students and scholars in a wide range of fields including IPE, comparative political economy, international economics, business studies and business history.

Spis treści

Introduction, 1. Origins of the Society, 2. How SWIFT works 3. SWIFT standards 4. Development of the SWIFT Network, 5. Current debates in historical perspective 6. Conclusion

O autorze

Susan Scott is a Reader in the Information Systems and Innovation Group, Department of Management, at The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Markos Zachariadis is an Assistant Professor at the Information Systems & Management Group, Warwick Business School.