This thesis has three chapters and focuses on the performance of banks and on corporate culture. The first two chapters … focus on bank performance and economic expectations. Specifically, the first chapter sheds light on the consistency between … between high expectations for future economic success and bank performance. The third chapter focuses on corporate culture and …

performance. However, high purpose firms come in two forms: firms characterized by high camaraderie between workers and firms … higher future accounting and stock market performance, even after controlling for current performance, and that this relation … of their organization and the clarity in the path towards that purpose experience better performance …