Eastern European banking

Author(s)

• Essinger, James

Bibliographic Information

Eastern European banking

James Essinger

Chapman & Hall, 1994

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book should be of interest to senior personnel in banks, building societies, and investment managers, management consultants, IT consultants and academics.

Table of Contents

Foreword. PART ONE: A BACKGROUND TO EASTERN EUROPEAN BANKING Introduction. Eastern Europe - A historical perspective. The operation of a centrally planned economy. Disadvantages of a centrally planned economy. Advantages of a planned economy. The Soviet-type economic system. Is the market economy an appropriate system for Eastern Europe? The recognition of the need for Eastern European banks to transform their infrastructures. Retail banks. Wholesale (investment) banks. The importance of information technology to Eastern European banks. Case study: The role of technology in enabling Hungary's banks .to operate in a market economy. The role of Western organizations in assisting Eastern European banks to implement technology suitable for banking operation in a market economy. Case study: The activities of IDOM Consultants S.A. The future of Eastern European banking. Forecast of when different Eastern European countries, banking sectors are likely to reach a level of sophistication of infrastructure during the period 1996-2000. PART TWO: AN EASTERN EUROPEAN BANKING FORUM. ACT Kindle: Facing up to the information technology issues. Applied Communications: Latest developments in electronic funds transfer in Central and Eastern Europe. McKenna & Co: Obtaining security for funds advanced in the Czech Republic. PHARE: PHARE Programme: Banking in Central and Eastern Europe Terence Chapman: What East European banks want from Western consultants: winning and losing with strategic systems. The World Bank: The Polish banking industry twinning programme. PART THREE: REFERENCE SECTION. Albania - background information. - banking information. Belorussia - background information. - banking information. Czech Republic - background information. - banking information. Estonia - background information. - banking information. Hungary - background information. - banking information. Latvia - background information. - banking information. Lithuania - background information. - banking information. Poland - background information. - banking information. Romania - background information. - banking information. Russian Federation - background information. - banking information. Slovakia - background information. - banking information. The Ukraine - background information. - banking information.

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Details

• NCID: BA22775100
• ISBN:
  • 0412551608
• LCCN: 93074451
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 406 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 332.10947
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Money -- Europe, Eastern
  • LCSH : Banks and banking -- Europe, Eastern