Analyzes the consolidation of local, independent banks into multi-bank holding company structures. Argues that variation in restrictive state bank branching laws is the primary explanation for the forms of the consolidation of commercial banks. The volume covers a theoretical framework drawn from so

Presents a study seeking to address the continuing inequality of opportunities for success that blacks experience relative to their similarly qualified white peers in the corporate environment. Compares rates of upward mobility for qualified blacks and equally qualified whites to refute the myth tha

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This study develops a new way of studying pork barrel politics based on congressional behaviour in the 1980s and 1990s.

Argues that a small group of New York banks, by means of term loans and working in close collaboration with their affiliated life insurance companies, exerted a strong influence over the supply of money and credit, and thus over the entire economy, throughout the years of the Depression. Analyzes t

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This study examines how the shared cultural values of employees in a Polish firm influence management attempts top transform organizational practices in a newly privatized factory. By introducing a foreign management approach, Total Quality Management (TQM), the management of this factory presents a potential conflict of values between the employees and the management philosophy. Tracing the historical and contemporary impact of traditional, political and religious influences in Poland and utilizing ethnographic techniques of observation, interviews, and secondary source data, the author...

This book investigates the motivations behind the adoption of the technique of asset securitization by US commercial banks and its effects on the financial performances.