Banks and Business Networks: Management, Governance and Financial Implications

This book fills a gap in the existing literature by exploring the financial implications of networking. It investigates the phenomenon of business networks in the context of management and governance processes, and the related effects on interactions with the financial system in general, and credit institutions in particular.

Josanco Floreani is Associate Professor of Corporate Finance at the Department of Economic and Statistics of the University of Udine, Italy. His research focuses mainly on securities and exchange industry structure, performance measurement and value creation in the exchange industry, credit quality and banks’ systematic risk, and SME’s capital structure.

Enrico Geretto is Associate Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at the Department of Economic and Statistics of the University of Udine, Italy. His research focuses mainly on Banks’ performance, Banks’ loans credit quality, and bank risk management.

Maurizio Polato is Full Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at the Department of Economic and Statistics of the University of Udine, Italy. He holds a PhD in Business from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy. His main research interests include credit quality, bank provisioning and systematic risk in banking business, value creation in the exchange industry, financial products and credit lending to SMEs.

Giulio Velliscig is a PhD student at the Department of Economic and Statistical Sciences of the University of Udine, Italy. His research focuses on bank resolution regulation and explores the impact exerted by the loss-absorbing capacity requirements (TLAC, MREL) on banking business models.