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HSBC: Learning Without Change?
In comparative terms, HSBC had what can be considered a rather successful GFC. The group avoided state assistance, did not need to undertake private...
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Conclusion
The conclusion summarises the key arguments of the book. These are that: (i) following the financial crisis different banks have taken very different...
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UK Banks and the Lessons of the Great Financial Crisis
This book demonstrates the variation in the reaction of the UK’s ‘big four’ banks – RBS, Lloyds, Barclays and HSBC – to the Great Financial Crisis...
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Dynamism in Adversity: a Comparative Study of Trends in the Performance of Listed Family- and Non-Family-Controlled Companies in Hong Kong, 1997–2014
This paper addresses the long debate over the superiority of the performance of family- vs non-family-controlled companies from the contesting...
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Arbeitsmigration in Vietnam: Politik und Praxis
Nach 30 Jahren der Reformen und der Öffnung der Wirtschaft im Zeitalter der Globalisierung ist Vietnam zu einem Land geworden, das sowohl an der...
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Hong Kong as an International Hub: The Rise of Hong Kong in the Modern World-System
Walking around Central, Mongkok, Causeway Bay, Tsimshatsui, or in any Hong Kong shop** malls, one can easily spot a great variety of international...
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The third wave of China’s open door policy
In a world that is changing dramatically, China needs a third wave of opening. This article addresses several issues, including what the third...
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Introduction
The introductory chapter outlines the core problematique of the book: Have banks in the UK learned lessons from the Great Financial Crisis of 2008?...
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How Canada Became Hostage to Growing Sino-American Rivalry in the Affair of Meng Wanzhou and the “Two Michaels”
The detention of Huawei Technologies CFO Meng Wanzhou by Canada on 1 December 2018 on a warrant for extradition for fraud by the U.S. Department of...
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The West and the East on the Lookout: Tracking a Tangled Web of Sanctions-Busting
Although carving out sundry burdensome and punitive measures against Iran was really a difficult job, implementing those sanctions turned out to be a...
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Lloyds: To the Brink and Back
This chapter considers the empirical evidence in relation to the second of the book’s cases studies, Lloyds. The chapter suggests that despite a...
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The EU Referendum and British Politics
This chapter considers how the EU Referendum 2016 shaped British Politics between 2015–2020. The chapter begins by outlining the relationship between...
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Barclays: Lessons Lost?
This chapter surveys Barclays and argues that the group has undergone a double U-turn post-2008. The chapter contends that immediately following the...
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Hong Kong as an Economic Miracle? The Myth of Laissez-Faire and Industrialization
Hong Kong’s successful transformation from an entrepot to an industrial city is now well known. The tale that Hong Kong’s postwar economic miracle...
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RBS: Learning to Fail and Failing to Learn
This chapter of the book presents the first of the empirical studies and discusses the extent to which learning has taken place at RBS. The chapter...
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Impact of market-based financing on Africa’s debt and development
African countries have been struggling with debt distress for decades. This paper focuses on the continent’s recent effort to finance through issuing...
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Develo** a Vibrant Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Qatar: A Sustainable Pathway Toward the Knowledge-Based Economy?
For countries that depend on nonrenewable resources such as oil and gas, economic diversification is vital to ensure sustainable and resilient...
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The Banking Industry in the Aftermath of the Financial Crisis
This chapter defines the structural, organizational, and issue salience dimensions of our analytical framework in the context of global financial...