External information search for banking services

International Journal of Bank Marketing

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 305-323

  Heaney, Joo Gim ^a   Goldsmith, Ronald E ^b  

^a FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Banking; Consumer behaviour; Services marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992999798     PISSN: 02652323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02652329910305670     Document Type: Article

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