The West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Ltd(WBSCB) is one of the oldest cooperative bank in the country transformed itself from a small society to a scheduled bank. Banking sector across the world including India witnessed continual regulatory and technological changes during the last few decades. Financial liberalization has a beneficial effect on bank behavior by increasing competition, lowering intermediation costs and improving loan quality. One of the objective of the book is to analyse the borrowing, investment and lending pattern of WBSCB during pre and post liberalisation period and...

The last two decades have witnessed a tremendous increase in business operations around the globe. The rapid growth of international trade and internationalization of firms, the development of new communication technologies, and emergence of international competitive forces are affecting the financial environment to a great extent. Globalization on the one hand and the tremendous development and sophistication in information and communication technology on the other hand have contributed significantly towards evolution of an integrated global financial reporting practice which has created a...