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1 online resource (1400 pages) |
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Print version record. |
| Contents |
Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; A note on conventions; Prologue: 'First and foremost a China bank', 1865-1980; Part One: Setting the scene; Chapter 1: Unique place, unique bank; Chapter 2: Winning Marine Midland; Chapter 3: Missing out on Royal Bank of Scotland; Part Two: 1980-1992; Chapter 4: Overview 1980-1992: a three-legged stool; Chapter 5: Something old, something new; Chapter 6: Turning round Marine Midland; Chapter 7: A flexible solution; Chapter 8: The third leg -- at last; Part Three: 1992-2002. |
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Chapter 9: Overview 1992-2002: in pursuit of valueChapter 10: The end of paternalism; Chapter 11: Turning round Midland; Chapter 12: 1997 and beyond; Chapter 13: Riding the Asian financial crisis; Chapter 14: North America: keeping pace; Chapter 15: Latin America: new pastures; Chapter 16: European opportunities; Chapter 17: A motley crew; Chapter 18: Global reach, global brand; Part Four: 2002-2011; Chapter 19: Overview 2002-2011: staying the course; Chapter 20: Achieving critical mass in Greater China; Chapter 21: An emerging markets bank; Chapter 22: A global retail bank. |
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Chapter 23: The sleeping giant -- commercial bankingChapter 24: Achieving its potential -- global banking and markets; Chapter 25: Household -- the rise and fall of consumer finance; Chapter 26: Managing the crisis; Chapter 27: Cultural dilution, cultural strength; Postscript: May 2011-May 2014; Appendix: Key statistics, 1979-2013; Notes; Acknowledgements; Picture credits; Index. |
| Summary |
The Lion Wakes tells the modern story of HSBC, starting in the late 1970s, when the bank first broke out of the Asia-Pacific region with its purchase of Marine Midland Bank in the US. It follows HSBC's battle to purchase Midland Bank in1992, the subsequent move of head office from Hong Kong to London, and the string of acquisitions that brought the bank to its pre-eminent place in global finance today. Acclaimed historians Richard Roberts and David Kynaston chronicle the bank's struggles as well as its successes: the last part of the book deals with the ill-fated move into consumer finance inches. |
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation -- History.
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Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. (OCoLC)fst00519039
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Finance.
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Roberts, Richard, 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kynaston, David. Lion Wakes : A Modern History of HSBC. London : Profile Books, ©2015 9781781250556 |
| ISBN |
9781847658975 (electronic bk.) |
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1847658970 (electronic bk.) |
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