Nick leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank: Socio-Technical networks and the 'rogue trader

Organization

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-441

  Greener, Ian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network; Barings; Leeson; Rogue trader

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745658072     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508406063491     Document Type: Article

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