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Institutional Models, Role of Shareholders (Member and Customers), Governance

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In industrialized countries (OECD, 2004), financial globalization and stronger market competitiveness, as well as the large number of corporate malpractice cases which have occurred internationally (such as Enron and Worldcom in the USA, Ahold in the Netherlands, and Parmalat in Italy), have made the enforcement of corporate governance (CG)1 control mechanisms a priority.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Economics ‘Antonio de Viti de Marco’, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy

    Vittorio Boscia MA, Ph.D. (Professor in Banking) (Professor in Banking)

  2. University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

    Alessandro Carretta (Professor in Financial Markets and Institutions and Director of the Ph.D. Programme in Banking and Finance) (Professor in Financial Markets and Institutions and Director of the Ph.D. Programme in Banking and Finance)

  3. University of Parma, Italy

    Paola Schwizer (Professor of Banking and Professor) (Professor of Banking and Professor)

  4. SDA Business School, Milan Bocconi University, Italy

    Paola Schwizer (Professor of Banking and Professor) (Professor of Banking and Professor)

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Schwizer, P., Stefanelli, V. (2009). Institutional Models, Role of Shareholders (Member and Customers), Governance. In: Boscia, V., Carretta, A., Schwizer, P. (eds) Cooperative Banking: Innovations and Developments. Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230235786_3

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