Philanthropy and enterprise in the British credit union movement

Economic Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 13-19

  Jones, Paul A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CREDIT PROVISION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 20444456219     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2005.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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