Publications
Publications
- August 2005 (Revised October 2010)
- HBS Case Collection
European Financial Integration
By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Christopher Bruner
Abstract
Provides background on the history and status of financial integration in the European Union. Describes the pertinent treaty-based "fundamental freedoms," emphasizes challenges to further cross-border consolidation in the banking sector, and examines the regulatory role of the European Commission in fostering conditions conducive to further financial integration.
Keywords
Banks and Banking; Financial Markets; Financial Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Integration; Banking Industry; European Union
Citation
Abdelal, Rawi E., and Christopher Bruner. "European Financial Integration." Harvard Business School Background Note 706-010, August 2005. (Revised October 2010.)