Table 5:

 

Table 5: Convergence in sourcing practices towards cash management banks

Number of relationships

Countries:

Mean and difference from average

N

Mean

1996

Diff.

1996

Mean

1998

Diff.

1998

1996

1998

France

11.3

2.78

7.1

0.36

24

46

Italy

15.2

6.68

12.8

6.06

64

118

Netherlands

3.5

5.02

3.3

3.44

48

90

Spain

9.7

1.18

7.3

0.56

68

103

UK

2.9

5.62

3.2

3.54

138

119

Average

8.52

(21.28)

4.256

6.74

(13.96)

2.792

Note: Diff. = difference from average mean. A lower average difference from mean indicates lower difference between sourcing policies in the different countries.