Graduate School of International Studies Ajou University
Publication Year
2005-08
Language
eng
Alternative Abstract
Two Korean banks, one commercial (the Korean First Bank) and one Investment (the Samsung Securities Company) where studied as cases to indicate how the Korean post economic crisis has played into their operations, to investigate the roles they have played in the Korean economic recovery, and determine whether each could envy the other. Information was sought from data kept by these banks and otherwise, and matched with traditional methods and operations in banking, and an analysis was later on made to indicate the degree of risks they maybe both exposed to, and to examine whether accruing returns match these risks. It was concluded that the effects of the crisis generally resulted in very positive management skills of both banks, which were noticed to have gained much grounds in terms of their profitability. It was also concluded that commercial banks generally envy their Investment counterparts, a situation, which is matched by the blurred operational boundary lines presently observed between the two banking types.