The internationalization of Finnish financial service companies

International Business Review

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-208

  Hellman, Pasi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Banking; Insurance companies; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030115676     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0969-5931(96)00005-4     Document Type: Article

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