Italian banks’ profitability: improvement strategies, business models, constraints

Roberto Nicastro and Franco Tutino
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Roberto Nicastro: UniCredit
Franco Tutino: Università di Roma «La Sapienza»

BANCARIA, 2011, vol. 09, 02-22

Abstract: Italian banks profitability represents a focal point both for top management and supervisory authorities. It is strongly necessary to focus on: global revenues, assets composition and pricing policies; managing actively credit risk, rationalizing operating costs. Objectives can be achieved keeping into account external constraints and firm specific characteristics, strategic paths to realize top management goals.

Keywords: profitability; financial statements; strategy; business models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 M10 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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