Systems of Innovation and Industry Evolution: The case of retail Banking in the UK

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 579-600

  Consoli, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industry evolution; Retail payments; Social technologies

Indexed keywords

BANKING; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; RETAILING; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57749105638     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710802550893     Document Type: Article

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