Management of core capabilities in Mexican and European banks

International Journal of Service Industry Management

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 430-448

  Bátiz Lazo, Bernardo ^a   Wood, Douglas ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Corporate strategy; Deregulation; Diversification; Information technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842738445     PISSN: 09564233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564239910288978     Document Type: Article

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