Myriam García Olalla is professor of Finance and Accounting at the University of Cantabria, Spain. She holds a PhD in Economics and Business from the University of Oviedo, Spain and has been professor at the University of Oviedo and visiting researcher at Berkley University, USA and Bangor University, UK. She has carried out several positions at her university and UCEIF Foundation. Her main research interests are banking and corporate finance and she has published scientific books and articles in relevant international economics and finance journals.Judith Clifton is professor of Applied Economics at the University of Cantabria, Spain. She holds a DPhil in Political Economy from the University of Oxford, UK and has lectured at Oxford, Leeds, Oviedo, Cornell and Cantabria universities. She has published widely in international journals and is Editor of the Journal of Economic Policy Reform and the Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. Her research interests include public policy, regulation and public services.

• Chapter 1. Introduction; Myriam García Olalla and Judith Clifton.- Part I. Regulation.- Chapter 2. The Impact of Recent Regulatory Reform on the Use of Supply Chain Finance – The Case of Reverse Factoring; Viktor Elliot and Ted Lindblom.- Chapter 3. The Bank Resolution Framework in the EU: Preliminary Empirical Evidence from Specialised and Regional Banks; Ewa Miklaszewska and Jan Pys.- Chapter 4. Market Risk Disclosure in Banks’ Balance Sheet and Pillar 3 Report: The Case of Italian Banks;  Enzo Scannella.- Chapter 5. Central banks' Communication Strategies: Just Words?; Vincenzo Farina, Giuseppe Galloppo and Daniele A. Previati.- Chapter 6. Complaining in Consumer Credit: Evidence from the Italian Financial System;  S. Cosma, F. Pancotto and P.Vezzani.- Part II. Corporate Governance and Performance.- Chapter 7. Bank Boards in Europe: Trade-Offs in Size, Composition and Turnover;  Eleuterio Vallelado and Myriam García-Olalla.- Chapter 8. The Impact of Internal Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Corporate Social Performance in the Banking Industry; Jose Luis Fernández, María D. Odriozola and Manuel Luna-García.- Chapter 9. Bank Ownership and Firm-Level Performance: An Empirical Assessment of State-Owned Development Banks; Marco Frigerio and Daniela Vandone.- Chapter 10. Non-Financial Rating and Socially Responsible Investment Reaction to Financial Turmoil; Helen Chiappini and Gianfranco A. Vento.- Chapter 11. What Determines Interest Margins? The Case of Chinese Banks; Ming Qi and Jiawei Zhang.- Part III. Firm Financing and Valuation.- Chapter 12. How do Banks and Investment Funds affect Family Risk-Taking? Evidence from the Financial Crisis; David Blanco-Alcántara, Jorge Bento Farinha, Mauricio Jara Bertín, Óscar López   de  Foronda and Marcos Santamaría Mariscal.- Chapter 13. Does Bank Regulation Spill-Over to Firm Financing? SME Financing, Bank Monitoring and the Efficiency of the Bank Lending Channel; Viktor Elliot and Magnus Willesson.- Chapter 14. Earn-Outs in Debt Restructuring Plans: Economics and Valuation; Josanco Floreani, Maurizio Polat,and Maurizio Massaro.- Chapter 15. Book and Market Values of European Banks: Country, Size and Business Mix Effects; Riccardo Ferretti, Andrea Landi and Valeria Venturelli.- Part IV. Contemporary Issues.- Chapter 16.  Assessing and Measuring Banking Culture; Beatriz Fernández Muñiz, José Manuel Montes Peón and Camilo José Vázquez Ordás.- Chapter 17. A Multidimensional Approach to Equity Crowdfunding: Bridging the Equity Gap and Boosting Social Capital; Bernardo Balboni, Elisabetta Gualandri, Ulpiana Kocollari, Alessia Pedrazzoli and Valeria Venturelli.- Chapter 18. Structure and Risks of the Chinese Shadow Banking System– The Next Challenge for the Global Economy?; PiotrLasak. Chapter 19. Analysis of the Main Trends in European and U.S. banks and their Impact on Performance; Giusy Chesini and Elisa Giaretta.