Merger as a trigger for cultural change in the retail financial services sector

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 194-206

  Brooks, Ian ^a   Dawes, Jillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; FINANCIAL SERVICES; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR;

EID: 0033064285     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069900000011     Document Type: Article

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