Comparison websites in UK retail financial services

Journal of Financial Services Marketing

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-186

  Laffey, Des ^a   Gandy, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison websites; Disintermediation; E commerce; Intermediaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249222672     PISSN: 13630539     EISSN: 14791846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/fsm.2009.15     Document Type: Article

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