Internationalization of Banks

Federica Sist is an Assistant Professor of Financial Markets and Institutions at the Department of Law, Economics, Politics and Modern Language, LUMSA University, Italy. She obtained her PhD in banking and finance from Tor Vergata University in 2008 and is a member of CERBE at LUMSA University. She served as a lecturer at Roma Tre from 2003 to 2009 in Finance, Business Administration and Internationalization. After serving in a legislative office for the government, since 2009 she has been a assistant professor at LUMSA University in Financial Markets and Institutions and Investment Banking. Her research interests include banking, internationalization of firms and banks (strategic alliances, ownership structure impact (family business and bank models)), gender impact (credit constraints and risks), social entrepreneurship, sustainable markets (securities bubbles), and fintech. She has research projects in joint with Vaasa University in Finland, Middlesex University in the UK, Cardiff Business School in the UK, KU Leuven in the Netherlands, CNR, and Fordham University in New York.