The causes of productivity change in GCC banking industry

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 731-743

  Al Muharrami, Saeed ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Banks; Persian Gulf States; Process efficiency; Productivity rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148955373     PISSN: 17410401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410400710833029     Document Type: Article

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