A study of industry evolution in the face of major environmental disturbances: Group and firm strategic behaviour of Spanish banks, 1983-1997

British Journal of Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-245

  Zúñiga Vicente, José Ángel ^a   De La Fuente Sabaté, Juan Manuel ^b   Rodríguez Puerta, Julio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 4444236377     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2004.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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