Board Governance in Bank Foundations

The Italian Experience
2014
ISBN: 978-3-642-41305-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 123 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3317 g

Reihe: Contributions to Management Science

Bank foundations serve an important purpose in the Italian nonprofit sector. This book presents the legal grounds, areas of intervention, and basic tools involved in the asset management and grant-making activities that such organizations undertake. A special emphasis focuses on the analyses of the organizational structure of bank foundations and the relevant aspects of governance, particularly with regard to the composition, roles, and responsibilities of bank foundation boards. The general reduction in the resources to which they have access requires a new strategy that clearly defines long-term goals and the necessary procedures to achieve them. The topic of strategic planning is therefore also central to this text, which examines its peculiarities, content and governing bodies. The analysis of some case studies provides a better understanding of the manner in which foundations interpret strategic planning and reveals strengths and weaknesses that demand careful attention.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leardini, Chiara

Moggi, Sara

Rossi, Gina

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Stiftungswesen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Non-Profit-Organisationen, Verbände
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Bankwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Italian Bank Foundations and Governance.- Outlining Italian Bank Foundations.- Governance Roles and Responsibilities.- Composition of the Boards.- Governance and Strategic Planning.- Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Chiara Leardini is an Associate Professor in Business Economics at the University of Verona, Italy. Her research interests are in the area of performance measurement and accountability in nonprofit organizations and public organization, accounting and governance in bank foundations, and accounting history.     

Gina Rossi is an Assistant Professor in Business Economics at the University of Udine, Italy. Her research covers different topics, such as accounting and financial reporting, accounting history, accounting and governance in bank foundations, social responsibility in the private, public and non-profit sector.

Sara Moggi is a Research Fellow in Business Administration at University of Verona (Italy). Her studies interest are in social and environmental reporting and the stakeholder theory analysis in nonprofit organizations and in the public sector.