Enhancing bank performance through branches or representative offices? Evidence from European banks

International Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 495-508

  Liang, Hsin Yu ^a   Ching, Yann Peng ^a   Chan, Kam C ^b  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bank performance; Branches; European banks; F23; G21; Representative offices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875506312     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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