EuroMed Journal of Business: Volume 6 Issue 2

Test of a service profit chain model in the Greek banking sector

Zoe S. Dimitriades, Nancy Papalexandris

This exploratory research seeks to examine the relationship between employee commitment and financial performance in the Greek retail banking sector.

Voluntary web‐based disclosures by Moroccan and Tunisian companies

Jamel E. Henchiri

Company disclosures on the web are a useful tool to promote the efficiency of financial markets. Moreover, they can be a source of strategic financial communication. The objective…

Manipulating an IRB model: considerations about the Basel II framework

Kosmas Kosmidis, Konstantinos Terzidis

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the debate on the current economic crisis and to highlight the importance of the counter‐party credit risk, which was surprisingly…

Bank bailouts: lessons to learn when patience is a virtue

Simona Mihai Yiannaki

Most recent bank bailouts, from a financial and economic perspective, turn political. This paper seeks to frame ten effective implications/lessons of the most recent bank bailouts…

SWFs and the global economy: the impact of the Gulf oil producers

Ruth Rios‐Morales, Mohamed Ramady, Louis Brennan

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) in sustaining global economies. The subject of SWFs has increasingly garnered the concerns of…

Assessing and measuring sales culture within commercial banks in Jordan

Naji Deeb Mualla

This study aims to assess and measure the sales culture within the commercial banks in Jordan, and to provide top management of these banks with the database which may be required…

Financial market governance and the Euro‐Mediterranean Partnership

Alexander Salhi, Andreas Kern

In recent years, Mediterranean Partner countries (MPCs) have been ambitious about reforming their banking and financial systems. Former state‐owned banks have been privatised, and…

Editorial

Evangelos Tsoukatos, Yiannis Dimotikalis