| | | Preface | | |
| | | About the Editors and Authors | | |
| Ch. I | | Introduction by Christian de Bouissieu | | 3 |
| Ch. II | | The Irish Financial Sector in the European Context by Maurice OConnell | | 5 |
| Ch. III | | European Financial Intermediaries and Markets: Lines of Development in an International Context by Rainer Masera | | 9 |
| Ch. IV | | Is Competitiveness a Dangerous Obsession in the Financial World? by Jean-Paul Abraham | | 29 |
| Ch. V | | Banking on Real Estate by Mervyn K. Lewis | | 47 |
| Ch. VI | | Les Surcapacites Bancaires en France by Michel Dietsch | | 73 |
| Ch. VII | | The Screen-Based Market in Government Securities in Italy by Lucio Rondelli | | 97 |
| Ch. VIII | | Economies, Inefficiencies and Technical Progress in Swiss Banking by George Sheldon | | 115 |
| Ch. IX | | Efficiency and Banking Strategies in Spain by Francisco Perez and Javier Quesada | | 135 |
| Ch. X | | A Case Study on Business Strategies of Austrian Banks by Gerhard Fink and Peter Haiss and Reinhard Petschnigg | | 151 |
| Ch. XI | | Estonian Strategies in the Reconstruction of its Monetary System by Mart Sorg | | 171 |
| Ch. XII | | Wholly-Owned Ventures Versus Strategic Alliances in Financial Services Diversification by Hilary Ingham and Steven Thompson | | 183 |
| Ch. XIII | | New Competitive Strategies in the Italian Financial Services Industry by Pietro Modiano and Laura Elisabetta Mollame and Virna Valenti | | 199 |
| Ch. XIV | | Bridge, Poker and Banking by Lars Engwall | | 227 |
| Ch. XV | | The Paris MATIF in the Light of Globalization and Intense Competition by Patrick Simonnet | | 243 |
| Ch. XVI | | The Competitive Position of Germany as a Financial Centre as Seen by a Central Banker by Gerd Hausler | | 253 |
| Ch. XVII | | Dublins International Financial Services Centre: A Review by Thomas OConnell and Neil Kennedy | | 265 |
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