Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions

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CEOs as Leaders and Strategy Designers: Explaining the Success of Spanish Banks

by Kimio Kase and Tanguy Jacopin

Published 14 December 2007

This book analyzes rapidly-growing world-class Spanish retail banks. It argues that their success is due to excellent management, clear-headed CEOs, the presence of a cluster of like-minded executives who complement each other and create a homogenous strategy pattern, and that IT systems and the regulatory environment have contributed greatly.