Internal rating systems and the bank-firm relationship [electronic resource] : valuing company networks.

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Introduction; Part I: Logic and Criteria for the Classification of Networks; 1 Enterprise Networks; 1.1 Enterprise networks: a reasonable survey; 1.2 Literature review; 2 Classification of Networks; 2.1 The intercompany; 2.2 Groups and networks: reasons for a separate analysis; 3 Estimate of Cohesion between Companies in a Network; 3.1 Social network analysis; 3.2 Density and centrality; Part II: Governance and Path Assignment and Quantification of the Network Rating; 4 Network Governance

4.1 Network coordination methods and connection types between nodes4.2 Relationships within network governance; 4.3 The model of network governance; 4.4 The evolution of the governance of the network; 4.5 The phases of proper strategic planning of business networks; 5 Risk of Network Insolvency; 5.1 The theoretical framework to support a networkrating; 5.2 The financing of business networks; 5.3 Insolvency risk and financial stability of networks; 5.4 Rating for business networks; 5.5 The theoretical framework to support the premium network

5.6 Possible paths of rating assignment to business networksPart III: Guidelines in Calculating the Premium Network; 6 Premium Network; 6.1 Definition and meaning of the premium network; 6.2 Qualification of the network rating; 6.3 Evolution of the network: the Italian experience; 6.4 Risk profiling of the elements of judgment; 6.5 Proposal of the analysis model; 6.6 The role of banks in financing networks: the case of Unicredit; 6.7 Conclusions; References; Index