From demutualisation to meltdown: A tale of two wannabe banks

Critical Perspectives on International Business

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 120-140

  Klimecki, Robin ^a   Willmott, Hugh ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Building societies; Debt; Mortgage default; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549128063     PISSN: 17422043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17422040910938749     Document Type: Article

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