Bank generic strategies: Does Porter's theory apply in an international banking center

International Business Review

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 561-590

  Chan, Ricky Yee Kwong ^a   Wong, Y H ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Generic strategy; Hong Kong banking industry; Integrated flexibility; Performance; Stuck in the middle; The resource based view

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041781137     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(99)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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