S. Davis - Böcker

The current banking crisis has tested every dimension of banking and created maximum uncertainty for its future - yet banks must plan for this future. Author of a number of books on best practice in bank management, Steven Davis has interviewed 25 senior bank executives, management consultants, regulators, rating agencies and analysts to understand how the strategies of the leading banks might evolve in the future. Its unique research, case studies of success, and conclusions for the future should be of interest to senior bank management as well as their advisors, regulators and analysts.

Despite the wall of evidence that bank mergers add little or no value, investors and management continue to fuel the consolidation wave. It concludes that experienced and determined leadership, significant net cost savings, swift decision-making and the cost of IT integration are key variables for success.

Today's sustained and violent political conflicts raise the issues of how a single leader can succesfully resolve such persistent turmoil. The author uses a sample of 25 effective leaders drawn from a wide historical universe to determine that the paradigm of effective leadership consists of strong direction, acute sensitivity to follower's needs and sustained energy in pursuing this direction. Finally the text shows how this historical model is relevant for the use of today's leaders.

What can we learn from financial leaders? How important are generic leadership talents for a financial genius such as a Morgan, Rothschild or Medici? Leadership in Financial Services evaluates the central dimension of leadership. The author uses interviews with over 20 current leaders in finance. He profiles the key dimensions of financial leadership, examines how today's leaders address the key problems of conflict and contrasts leadership in financial services with the global paradigm of leadership.

Despite the wall of evidence that bank mergers add little or no value, yet investors and management continue to fuel the consolidation wave. This book draws on the actual experience of senior executives in over 30 banks with extensive merger experience to demonstrate how most mergers do in fact fail to meet objectives. It explores in detail the issues of strategic positioning, cost and revenue synergies, due diligence, IT selection and conversion, people selection, cultural conflict, leadership, and the decision making time frame. The book concludes that experienced and determined leadership, significant net cost savings, swift decision making and the cost of IT integration are key variables for success. It also suggests that the prospect of more cross border mergers and modest short term cost savings argues for a new pact between investors and bank management.

As the Soviet Union collapsed, many scholars and policymakers predicted that the pillars of Communism would collapse along with the state. The official trade unions not only continued to exist but gained power in the late Soviet and post Soviet period. Sue Davis explains the reasons why the official trade unions survive and thrive and new, independent unions remain small and weak despite massive Western assistance. She examines many factors ranging from state policy to labour power in the late Soviet period as well as the first five years of the post-Soviet era in Russia and Ukraine.

Race-Relations in Ancient Egypt (1951) examines the change in interpretation of the term ‘Greek’ which before Alexander the Great had stood for exclusiveness and indicated a citizen of a narrow Greek city-state, to the meaning of ‘a Greek mental outlook’ and ‘to have Greek culture’. Race relations between Greeks, Jews and Romans in Egypt and Alexandria are examined, and fresh light is thrown on the Hellenization of Egypt, the question of Jewish citizenship at Alexandria, and the growth of anti-Semitism in the ancient world.

Using the successful Inside-Out program, in which incarcerated and non-incarcerated college students are taught in the same classroom, this book explores the practice of community-based learning, including the voices of teachers and participants, and offers a model for courses, student life programs, and faculty training.

Using the successful Inside-Out program, in which incarcerated and non-incarcerated college students are taught in the same classroom, this book explores the practice of community-based learning, including the voices of teachers and participants, and offers a model for courses, student life programs, and faculty training.

As the Soviet Union collapsed, many scholars and policymakers predicted that the pillars of Communism would collapse along with the state. Sue Davis explains the reasons why the official trade unions survive and thrive and new, independent unions remain small and weak despite massive Western assistance.

As the global investment banking business enters its third year of lower revenues following the peak year of 2000, Bank management must address a host of issues: Business mix, Cost Management Risk, aligning interests of professionals with stockholders and attracting and leading a unique team of professionals.

The sequel to two in-depth studies of the management of excellent banks written in the 1980s, this new volume addresses the key issues that preoccupy the leadership of today's most admired banking institutions.

As the global investment banking business enters its third year of lower revenues following the peak year of 2000, bank management must address a host of issues: business mix, cost management risk, aligning interests of professionals with stockholders and attracting and leading a unique team of professionals. Based on an extensive interview series with over 50 banking professionals and independent experts, this book defines best practice in addressing each issue. It concludes with the outlook for the medium term expressed by interviewees as well as by the author's own views.