Consolidation in the Greek banking industry: which banks are acquired?

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-213

  Pasiouras, Fotios ^a   Zopounidis, Constantin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acquisitions and mergers; Banks; Greece

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015619309     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810848072     Document Type: Article

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