A practical approach to blend insurance in the banking network

Journal of Risk Finance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-124

  Artikis, Panayiotis G ^a   Mutenga, Stanley ^b   Staikouras, Sotiris K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banks; Financial institutions; Insurance services

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015622205     PISSN: 15265943     EISSN: 09657967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15265940810853896     Document Type: Article

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