Corporate Governance in Banking A European Study
Corporate Governance in Banking
A European Study
ISSN 0906-6934 ISBN 978-87-593-8365-0
The PhD School in Economics and Business Administration CBS / Copenhagen Business School
PhD Series 15.2008
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Corporate Governance in Banking
Ilduara Busta
Corporate Governance in Banking
A European Study
CBS / Copenhagen Business School The PhD School in Economics and Business Administration PhD Series 15.2008
Ilduara Busta Corporate Governance in Banking A European Study
1st edition 2008 PhD Series 15.2008
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Acknowledgements
Many people have contributed to the development of this thesis and I would like to express now my gratitude to them all. First of all, I would like to thankfully acknowledge my supervisor, Professor Steen Thomsen, for his guidance, advice and support. Furthermore, I am very grateful to the three members of the evaluation committee: Professor Niels Mygind from Copenhagen Business School, Professor Bruce Rayton from University of Bath and Professor Charlotte Østergaard from BI Norwegian School of Management, for their valuable suggestions that considerably improved the quality of this thesis. Also, I would like to thank all the colleagues at the Department of International Economics and Management for many rewarding discussions and fun hours. In particular, I thank Evis Sinani, Delia Ionascu,