Contents: Hubert Bonin/Carlo Brambilla: Varieties in Investment Banking Evolutions and Functions ? Janette Rutterford: Everard Hambro, Between Investment Banker and Investor ? Peter Hertner: Investors, Investment Banks, and Governments between Cooperation and Competition. A Short History of the Salonica-Constantinople Railway (1892-1914) ? Juan Flores: Moral Hazard and Investment Banking. Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence from the Baring Crisis (1880-1890) ? Piet Geljon/Ton de Graaf: Investment Banking in the 19th and 20th Centuries. The Dutch Way ? Hubert Bonin: The Resurgence of French Investment Banks after WWII (1948-1960). Competitive Edge and Groundbreaking Innovation ? Carlo Brambilla: Fading Investment Banking? Italian Banks before the Second World War ? Giadomenico Piluso: Maturity Mismatch and Allocative Efficiency. Long-term Financing and Investment Banking in Italy, 1936-1975 ? Luis Javier Coronas-Vida: The Spanish Investment Banks. From Financial Intermediaries to Company Shareholders ? Sofya Salomatina: Investment Banking in Russia, 1890-1917. From Pioneering Finance to Universal Banking ? Gergana Taneva: French Investment Banking and Bulgaria from the 1880s until 1930s. Portfolio of Skills and Strategies ? Christopher Kobrak: Reconfiguring Multinational Banking. Deutsche Bank’s Acquisition of Bankers Trust as Seen after a Turbulent Decade ? Hubert Bonin/Carlo Brambilla: Overall Survey of Authors’ Contributions to the History of Investment Banking ? Hubert Bonin: From History to Present Times. Investment Banking at Stake? ? Hubert Bonin: Final Considerations: Are Investment Bankers the Issue?
