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Mobilizing objects and money: Inventories of the donations at the origin of the Monti di Pietà

Delcorno, Pietro - In: The Journal of European Economic History (JEEH) 52 (2023) 2, pp. 51-75

Monti di Pietà were first founded in the 1460s as public banks whose aim was to provide citizens with solidaristic credit. In this institution, the interplay between the objects pawned and the small money loans granted in exchange was vital and mediated by a wellorganized paper "ecosystem" of...

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Will video kill the radio star? Digitalisation and the future of banking

Beck, Thorsten; Cecchetti, Stephen G.; Grothe, Magdalena; … - 2022

The contribution of financial and non-financial risks to the overall level of risk in the system depends on the current state of the EU banking system (which, in the aggregate and compared with banking sectors in other major advanced economies, cannot be characterised as strong) and how...

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The German banking system and the global financial crisis: Causes, developments and policy responses

Bleuel, Hans-H. - 2009

Germany's banking sector has been severely hit by the global financial crisis. In a German context as of February, 2009, this paper reviews briefly the structure of the banking industry, quantifies effects of the crisis on banks and surveys responses of economic policy. It is argued that policy...

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Bank mergers, competition and liquidity

Carletti, Elena; Hartmann, Philipp; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - 2003

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Banking in Africa: financing transformation amid uncertainty

2020

In its fifth edition, this report focuses on recent developments in Africa's banking sectors and the policy options for all stakeholders. The study of banking sectors across all African sub-regions includes the results of the EIB survey of banking groups operating in Africa. Three thematic...

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Hedging with Credit Derivatives and its Strategic Role in Banking Competition

Pausch, Thilo; Schweimayer, Gerhard - 2004

The tremendous growth of markets for credit derivatives since the mid 1990's has raised questions regarding the role of these instruments in the banking in- dustry which is heavily exposed to credit risk. However, while recent literature mainly focused on pricing and optimal decisions regarding...

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Macro-imbalances and bank lending: A case of Kenya's banking industry

Agung, Raphael; Muli, Anthony; Ndwiga, David; Njoroge, … - 2025

The paper examines the effect of macroeconomic imbalances on bank lending with emphasis on the exchange rate movement …, inflation differential and fiscal deficit. In the study, bank lending is modelled by gross loans and advances, assets quality … and risk appetite. The panel GMM model results show that the Kenya shilling depreciation increased bank lending, improved …

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Dienstleistungsarbeit unter öffentlich-privater Regie: Größere Chancen und mehr Risiken

Oppen, Maria - 2011

Die Reorganisation öffentlicher Dienste und die Schaffung von mehr Wettbewerb zwischen Dienstleistern haben erhebliche Auswirkungen auf die Beschäftigten und ihre Arbeit. Einige Mitarbeiter profitieren durch mehr berufliche Spielräume; bei anderen wirken sich die neuen...

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Organisationswandel und Wahrnehmung der Akzeptanz von Digitalisierungsprozessen in Unternehmen infolge der COVID-19-Pandemie

Delicat, Nina; Herzog, Lorena; Krzywdzinski, Martin; … - In: Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelten: Zur Erfassbarkeit …, (pp. 135-159). 2024

Der vorliegende Beitrag befasst sich mit der Akzeptanz von Digitalisierungs- und Automatisierungsprozessen. Untersucht wird, welche Digitalisierungsmaßnahmen während der Covid-19-Pandemie vorangetrieben wurden, inwieweit und wie diese Maßnahmen mit organisatorischen Veränderungen kombiniert...

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Do Financial Technology Firms Influence Bank Performance? A Reverse Engineered Pitch

Wardhani, Nurhastuty K. - In: Journal of Accounting and Management Information … 20 (2021) 1, pp. 154-160

This brief essay uses the pitching research initiated by Faff (2015, 2019) to find a new research direction in financial technology (Fintech). The pitch structure underscores the key components of research strategically. The objective of this study is to explore a new area by adopting the...

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