Lists come alive: Electronic systems of knowledge and the rise of credit-scoring in retail banking

Economy and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 434-466

  Leyshon, Andrew ^a   Thrift, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Credit scoring; Databases; Financial services; Knowledge; Software

Indexed keywords

BANKING; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032733577     PISSN: 03085147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03085149900000013     Document Type: Article

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