Salvage ethnography in the financial sector : The path to economic crisis in Scotland /

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A historical ethnography of banking practices during the merger of Halifax and the Bank of Scotland into HBOS, it provides illumination on the 2008 economic crisis through review of the role of national identities, the different styles and ethos of business, the tension and unrest prevalent during t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hearn, Jonathan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2017.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Halifax Building Society.
Bank of Scotland.
Banks and banking.
Bank mergers.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Banks & Banking.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Finance.
Banques > Fusion > Écosse > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Crise financiere mondiale, 2008-2009.
Bank mergers > Scotland > History > 21st century.
Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009.
Banks and banking > Scotland > History > 21st century.
Scotland.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover ; Salvage ethnography in the financial sector; Contents ; List of figures and tables ; Acknowledgements ; Series editor's foreword ; 1 Introduction: ethnography, history and the vagaries of research ; 2 History: from the Bank of Scotland's origins to HBOS and crisis; 3 Theory: explaining financial crisis and conceptualising capitalism ; 4 Culture: nations, banks and the organisation of power and social life ; 5 Change: discourses of agency and progress in organisational change ; 6 Identity: struggles with personhood, nationhood and professional virtue.
  • 7 Comparison: doing ethnography and thinking comparatively 8 Conclusion ; Epilogue ; References ; Index.

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