Banking patronage motives of the urban informal poor

Journal of Services Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-63

  Saunders, Stephen Graham ^a   Bendixen, Mike ^b   Abratt, Russell ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Disadvantaged groups; Poverty; Social economics; South Africa; Urban communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847183878     PISSN: 08876045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08876040710726293     Document Type: Article

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