In recent years, foreign banks have significantly expanded their presence in many emerging countries. In our study, we use panel data to examine the economic determinants of foreign banks’ entry modes into emerging European countries during the period from 1994 to 2008. Our results suggest...

This study applies the k-medoids methodology and identifies various banking business models according to asset combinations and funding sources. The study determines the effects of these models on bank risk-return profiles. We use all systemically important banks listed on the V-LAB list from...

Why were some banks heavily affected by mortgage crises, while others barely? Why were some banking sectors dominated by “originate and distribute” model, while others were trading? Why did some banks decide not to follow the others, and preferred to stay traditional banks? How the models...