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Services bancaires de proximité : les banques locales sont-elles spéciales ?

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  • Célestin Mayoukou
  • Pierre-Bruno Ruffini

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[eng] Are local banks special ?. Local banks have a small size and offer a limited scope of services. Being located near their customers (individuals, small and medium size firms) is their main, or even single competitive edge. Location factors are usually viewed as the core explanation of local banks' market power and differentiation advantages. This paper puts forward another explanation for differentiation : the bank's reputation (defined as the capability to offer high quality services and to raise confidence, thus allowing for long lasting customer relationships). The paper examines successively proximity and reputation, and then articulates these two concepts, in order to identify the specificity of local banking. [fre] La banque locale est une banque de petite taille et au rayon d'action limité, qui a pour principal voire unique atout, sa proximité géographique avec une clientèle de particuliers et de petites et moyennes entreprises.. Traditionnellement, le pouvoir de marché de la banque locale s'explique par des facteurs de localisation et des situations de voisinage, qui sont un atout majeur de différenciation. Ce texte met en avant un second axe de différenciation de la banque locale : la réputation, c'est-à-dire l'aptitude à offrir des services de qualité et à susciter la confiance permettant la construction de relations de clientèle de long terme. À partir d'un examen approfondi des concepts centraux de proximité (physique, relationnelle) et de réputation, le texte en analyse l'articulation, et reconnaît dans la conjugaison des effets de localisation et des effets de réputation la spécificité de la banque locale.

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  • Célestin Mayoukou & Pierre-Bruno Ruffini, 1998. "Services bancaires de proximité : les banques locales sont-elles spéciales ?," Revue d'Économie Financière, Programme National Persée, vol. 47(3), pages 165-185.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recofi:ecofi_0987-3368_1998_num_47_3_2675
    DOI: 10.3406/ecofi.1998.2675
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    1. Fall, François & Nguyen-Huu, Thanh Tam, 2015. "Strategic behavior between a bank and a microfinance institution: The role of psychological distance and education level," Economics Discussion Papers 2015-66, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. Jean-Daniel Guigou & Laurent Vilanova, 1999. "Les vertus du financement bancaire: fondements et limites," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 2(2), pages 97-133, June.
    3. François Fall & Thanh Tam Nguyen-Huu, 2015. "Strategic Behavior between a Bank and a Microfinance Institution: The Role of Psychological Distance and Education Level," Working Papers hal-01566392, HAL.

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