Changes in the Swedish banking industry have resulted in considerable differences in strategy between the banks. Previous research has established a relationship between owners, board of directors, top management team and strategic change, but what explains strategic change propensity is still rather unexplored. The purpose of this study is therefore to explain how the characteristics of the ownership structure, the board of directors, and the top management team affect the strategic change propensity in Swedish banks. This report has a deductive approach and a quantitative method, the hypotheses are tested against the empirical evidence which consists of observations from ten banks over a period of ten years. In order to measure strategic ...