Performance of banks in countries of the gulf cooperation council

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-154

  Ramanathan, Ramakrishnan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Data analysis; Performance levels; Persian Gulf States; Production management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846316015     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400710722635     Document Type: Article

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