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

This book explains the extraordinary development and performance of the Spanish banking industry over the last twenty years.

Based on the CEO’s cognition model concerned with decision making, and developed by Kimio Kase, this book explains the extraordinary development and performance of the Spanish banking industry during the last twenty years.

KIMIO KASE is Associate Professor, IESE Business School, Spain. His interests lie in the area of corporate-level strategy. TANGUY JACOPIN co-ordinates the Banking Centre at the University of Alcalá, Spain.

Introduction: The Banking Industry * The Banking Industry in Spain * Theoretical Framework: Cognitive Approach to the Governance of Business Enterprises * Methodology * Conclusions