Banks as continuous reinvention

New Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-388

  Erturk, Ismail ^a   Solari, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; INVESTMENT;

EID: 34548410066     PISSN: 13563467     EISSN: 14699923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13563460701485599     Document Type: Article

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