How Long to Read Building a Global Bank

How Long Does it Take to Read Building a Global Bank?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 46 minutes to read Building a Global Bank by Mauro F. Guillén

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 2004, Spain's Banco Santander purchased Britain's Abbey National Bank in a deal valued at fifteen billion dollars--an acquisition that made Santander one of the ten largest financial institutions in the world. Here, Mauro Guillén and Adrian Tschoegl tackle the question of how this once-sleepy, family-run provincial bank in a developing economy transformed itself into a financial-services group with more than sixty-six million customers on three continents. Founded 150 years ago in the Spanish port city of the same name, Santander is the only large bank in the world where three successive generations of one family have led top management and the board of directors. But Santander is fully modern. Drawing on rich data and in-depth interviews with family members and managers, Guillén and Tschoegl reveal how strategic decisions by the family and complex political, social, technological, and economic forces drove Santander's unprecedented rise to global prominence. The authors place the bank in this competitive milieu, comparing it with its rivals in Europe and America, and showing how Santander, faced with growing competition in Spain and Europe, sought growth opportunities in Latin America and elsewhere. They also address the complexities of managerial succession and family leadership, and weigh the implications of Santander's stellar rise for the consolidation of European banking. Building a Global Bank tells the fascinating story behind this powerful corporation's remarkable transformation--and of the family behind it.

How long is Building a Global Bank?

Building a Global Bank by Mauro F. Guillén is 278 pages long, and a total of 71,724 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Building a Global Bank Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 31 minutes to read Building a Global Bank aloud.

What Reading Level is Building a Global Bank?

Building a Global Bank is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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