Publisher's Synopsis
This international, comparative study looks at the origins and business strategies of multinational banks. A distinguished team of bankers and academics from the United States, Japan, Europe and Australia survey the evolution of multinational banks over time and suggest a conceptual framework in which this development can be understood.;In-depth analyses of the multinational banking strategies of selected countries and institutions lead from the early 19th-century on to present-day developments and are extrapolated into future trends in investment banking. The approach is interdisciplinary, with economists and business historians joining together to confront theory with facts.;The international team of contributors includes Professor Mira Wilkins, a former President of the Business History Conference of the United States, and Professor Mark Casson, author of major studies in the economic theory of multinationals.