Investment Banking

Look no further than investment banking for a fascinating angle to write your dissertation on. Below are a handful of recommendations for areas that you can cover in this field.

Example investment banking dissertation topic 1:

• Investment banking: Global multinationals or regional players?

This dissertation applies the ideas espoused by Li and Rugman (2007) to investment banking. As a consequence, this thesis posits that within the investment banking sector it is more appropriate to view such firms not as global multinationals but rather in terms of their regional dominance and predominance. This contention is explored within this study not only via reference to the work of Li and Rugman but also through an analysis of the importance of individual investment banks to individual economies and the specific nature of banking regulation within individual countries.

Suggested initial topic reading:

• Li, J. and Rugman, A.M. (2007) ‘Real options and the theory of foreign direct investment’, International Business Review, Vol. 16(6), pp. 687-712.
• Smith, R.C., Walter, I. and DeLong, G. (2012) Global banking (3rd edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press.