Strategic responses to global challenges: The case of European banking, 1973-2000

Business History

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-62

  Larson, Mitchell J ^a   Schnyder, Gerhard ^b   Westerhuis, Gerarda ^c   Wilson, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ABN AMRO; Bank performance; Banks; Barclays; European integration; Financial liberalisation; Ownership trends; SSOP framework; Strategy; Structure; UBS

Indexed keywords

BANKING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FINANCIAL SERVICES; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; LIBERALIZATION; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 79951907041     PISSN: 00076791     EISSN: 17437938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2011.546660     Document Type: Article

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