Resource partitioning and the organizational dynamics of “fringe banking”

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 680-704

  Negro, Giacomo ^a   Visentin, Fabiana ^b   Swaminathan, Anand ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer credit; Organization theory; Payday lending; Resource partitioning; Sociology of markets

Indexed keywords

BANKING; BUSINESS; FINANCIAL SERVICES; LENDING BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; SERVICE PROVISION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84927753916     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414537644     Document Type: Article

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