... blocks for the theory of financial intermediation that aims at strengthening the efficiency of financial intermediation in the context of preferential credit and or the microfinance sector. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the panel data consisting of different groups of banks in India...

...Isabel-Maria García-Sánchez; Jennifer Martínez-Ferrero; Emma García-Meca The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether gender diversity on board and financial expertise on audit committee affect accounting conservatism in banking sector. Additionally, the authors focus on the effects of board...

...Abdul Latif Alhassan; Nicholas Asare Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of intellectual capital on bank productivity in an emerging market in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The Malmquist productivity index (MPI) is employed to estimate productivity growth...

...João J.M. Ferreira, Jose Enrique Vila, and Anastasia Mariussen; Jiatao Li; Weiping Liu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore new banks' market niche position choices at the time of founding. Design/methodology/approach – The authors used data on the establishment of new banking...

... working in investment banking to understand the underlying causes of alliance instability and/or failure in their industry. Originality/value The article offers practical insights into the functioning and management of short‐term dyadic alliances which will be of interest to both researchers...

...Moira Clark Concerned with modelling the impact of customer‐employee relationships on customer retention rates in a major UK retail bank. Reveals that employee and customer perceptions of service quality are related to customer retention rates and that employee and customer perceptions of service...

... to a wider role incorporating product and service development and delivery and is becoming increasingly vital in increasingly competitive financial markets. However, a “technology race”has also developed which is expensive and may yield a poor return on investment. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Banks...