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

This book analyzes rapidly-growing world-class Spanish retail banks. It argues that their success is due to excellent management, clear-headed CEOs, the presence of a cluster of like-minded executives who complement each other and create a homogenous strategy pattern, and that IT systems and the regulatory environment have contributed greatly.

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

KIMIO KASE is Associate Professor at IESE Business School, Spain. His interests lie in the area of corporate-level strategy, namely the creation of value from the corporate parent, and focus on the transformational leadership. He has studied Japanese and Spanish MNCs and, with a wide professional experience, has written and contributed to several books and articles.

TANGUY JACOPIN is Associated Research Fellow at IESE Business School, Spain, and Responsible for Research, Development and Innovation at Fundación CIFF, Spain. PhD at the Sorbonne University and Post-doctorate at Columbia University, he was also Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University, UK, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.