New Issues in Financial Institutions Management

PABLO DE ANDRES ALONSO Universidad de Valladolid, Spain FRANCESCA ARNABOLDI Università di Milano, Italy ELENA BECCALLI Università Cattolica S. Cuore , Italy MARCELLO BIANCHI Consob, Italy PAOLA BRIGHI Università di Bologna, Italy FATIMA CARDIAS WILLIAMS Bangor University, UK ALESSANDRO CARRETTA Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Italy DIMITRIS CHRONOPOULOS University of Essex, UK ANGELA CIAVARELLA Consob, Italy MARTA DE LA CUESTA Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Spain VINCENZO FARINA Università di Roma 'Tor Vergata', Italy JOSANCO FLOREANI University of Udine, Italy PASCAL FRANTZ London School of Economics and Political Science, UK GIMEDE GIGANTE Università di Roma III, Italy CLAUDIA GIRARDONE University of Essex, UK REBECA DE JUAN Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Spain KARLIGASH KENJEGALIEVA Loughborough University, UK DUCCIO MARTELLI Università di Roma 'Tor vergata', Italy EWA MIKLASZEWSKA Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Poland KATARZYNA MIKOLAJCZYK Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Poland JOHN C. NANKERVIS University of Essex, UK VALERIO NOVEMBRE Consob, Italy MAURIZIO POLATO University of Udine, Italy NEMANJA RADIC Università di Roma 'Tor vergata', Italy GEETHA RAVISHJANKAR Loughborough University, UK ELENA ROMERO MERINO Universidad Europea Miguel de Cervantes, Spain BRUNO ROSSIGNOLI Università di Milano and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Centro Studi di Banca e Finanza ,Italy CRISTINA RUZA Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED, Spain MARCOS SANTAMARÍA MARISCAL Universidad de Burgos, Spain PAOLA SCHWIZER Università di Parma, Italy ROSSELLA SIGNORETTI Consob, Italy GIUSEPPE TORLUCCIO Università di Bologna, Italy ELEUTERIO VALLELADO Universidad de Valladolid, Spain THOMAS WEYMAN JONES Loughborough University, UK JON WILLIAMS Bangor University, UK

PART I: BANK MANAGEMENT, INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY Financial Innovation: Theoretical Issues and Empirical Evidence in Italy and in the U.K.; F.Arnaboldi & B.Rossignoli A New Appraisal of the Structure of European Banking Systems; C.Ruza, R.de Juan & M.Cuesta Intellectual Capital and Banking's Performance in the Italian Banking; G.Gigante & D.Previati Traditional and R&D Investments: Are They Really Different?; P.Brighi & G.Torluccio PART II: EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES Modelling Risk in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis of Banking Systems; T.Weyman Jones, K.Kenjegalieva & G.Ravishjankar Cross Country Comparison of Efficiency in Investment Banking; F.Fiordelisi, C.Girardone & N.Radic Are Cost and Profit Efficiencies Arising from Bank M&As Priced in the Stock Markets?; D.Chronopoulos, C.Girardone & J.Nankervis PART III: CONSOLIDATION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR The Impact of Corporate Culture, Efficiency and Geographic Distance on M&A Results: the European Case; F.Fiordelisi & D.Martelli What Does Bank Financial Profile Tell us about Mergers and Acquisitions in Latin American Banking?; J.Williams & F.Williams The Determinants of M&A Operations in Banking; E.Beccalli & P.Frantz PART IV: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ISSUES Comply or Explain - Rule or Exception - An Assessment of Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code for Italian Listed Companies; M.Bianchi, R.Signoretti, A.Ciavarella & V.Novembre Sources of Risk and Return in Different Bank Business Models - Comparing Poland with the Global Trends; E.Miklaszewska & K.Mikolajczyk Strategic Frames in the Banking Industry - Does Board Composition Matter?; V.Farina, A.Carretta & P.Schwizer In Search of an Optimal Board of Directors for Commercial Banks; M.Maribal, P.Alonso, E.Merino & E.Vallelado Value and Governance in the Exchange Industry: the Case of Diversified Conglomeral Exchanges; M.Polato & J.Floreani