"This book provides a detailed analytical assessment of merger and acquisition phenomenon in banking. It advances the prior literature focusing on some specific aspects that have been investigated by only limited previous analysis. It assesses the effect produced by M&A transactions on bank...

Financial stability is a pillar of well-functioning financial markets. After the last financial crisis, European policymakers harmonised banking regulation and revised the framework of banking resolution. The introduction of the bail-in legislation is a natural experiment to improve the...

Sustainable shareholder value is a main strategic objective for financial institutions. This text provides an analytical assessment of shareholder value creation, providing a framework for analyzing theory, and presenting empirical investigations. It analyzes the importance of drivers in...