The world's financial landscape is transforming as economies become increasingly interdependent. In Regulating the Financial Sector in the Era of Globalization, Zuhayr Mikdashi examines the role of public authorities and of business executives in the prevention, moderation, containment and resolution of financial problems. The book features a foreword by William C. Hunter, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

ZUHAYR MIKDASHI has since 1976 been a Professor at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, where he founded the Institute of Banking and Finance in 1989. He has previously held posts at the Harvard University Centre for International Affairs, Washington D.C., the Japanese Institute for Developing Economies, Tokyo, the Indiana University Graduate School of Business Administration and the American University of Beirut. He has also acted as Consultant at the World Bank and other organizations and was Expert-Advisor at the United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations, New York. He is the author of several books and articles on international development.